#48A987#48A987

#48A987 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.105 H 167.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A987
RGB	rgb(72, 169, 135)
HSL	hsl(159, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(159, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 0%, 20.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.93, -36.83, 9.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.93, 37.93, 166.14°)
OKLab	oklab(66.73% -0.1027 0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(66.73% 0.105 167.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.2315, 31.5009, 27.8784)
Luminance	0.3150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A987 #A9486A

analogous

#48A957 #48A987 #489BA9

triadic

#48A987 #8748A9 #A98748

tetradic

#48A987 #5748A9 #A9486A #9BA948

square

#48A987 #5748A9 #A9486A #9BA948

split-complementary

#48A987 #A9489B #A95748

monochromatic

#235342 #367E65 #48A987 #6DC1A4 #98D3BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#48A987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#48A987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A987

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A987	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59E85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15AA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 169, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.105 167.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c3aa',
    500: '#48a987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a987;
$custom-light: #84c3aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.969,
    "s": 40.249,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6673,
    "c": 0.10533,
    "h": 167.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A987

secondary

#BF8D9F

accent

#5882D0

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A987

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

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