#48A985#48A985

#48A985 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.107 H 165.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A985
RGB	rgb(72, 169, 133)
HSL	hsl(158, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(158, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 0%, 21.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.88, -37.29, 10.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.88, 38.65, 164.80°)
OKLab	oklab(66.68% -0.1037 0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(66.68% 0.107 165.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.0920, 31.4451, 27.1437)
Luminance	0.3145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A985 #A9486C

analogous

#48A955 #48A985 #489DA9

triadic

#48A985 #8548A9 #A98548

tetradic

#48A985 #5548A9 #A9486C #9DA948

square

#48A985 #5548A9 #A9486C #9DA948

split-complementary

#48A985 #A9489D #A95548

monochromatic

#235341 #367E63 #48A985 #6DC1A2 #98D3BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#48A985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#48A985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A985

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A985	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69E83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989487

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18A99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 169, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.107 165.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c3a8',
    500: '#48a985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a985;
$custom-light: #84c3a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.732,
    "s": 40.249,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66677,
    "c": 0.10688,
    "h": 165.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A985

secondary

#BF8DA0

accent

#5884D0

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A985

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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