#48A986#48A986

#48A986 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.106 H 166.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A986
RGB	rgb(72, 169, 134)
HSL	hsl(158, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(158, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 0%, 20.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.90, -37.06, 9.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.90, 38.29, 165.47°)
OKLab	oklab(66.7% -0.1032 0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(66.7% 0.106 166.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.1615, 31.4729, 27.5093)
Luminance	0.3147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A986 #A9486B

analogous

#48A956 #48A986 #489BA9

triadic

#48A986 #8648A9 #A98648

tetradic

#48A986 #5648A9 #A9486B #9BA948

square

#48A986 #5648A9 #A9486B #9BA948

split-complementary

#48A986 #A9489B #A95648

monochromatic

#235342 #367E64 #48A986 #6DC1A3 #98D3BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#48A986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#48A986 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A986

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A986	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)

#A59E84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979488

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16AA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 169, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.106 166.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c3a9',
    500: '#48a986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a986;
$custom-light: #84c3a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.351,
    "s": 40.249,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66704,
    "c": 0.1061,
    "h": 166.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A986

secondary

#BF8D9F

accent

#5883D0

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A986

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

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