#48AB8A#48AB8A

#48AB8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.106 H 168.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AB8A
RGB	rgb(72, 171, 138)
HSL	hsl(160, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(160, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 0%, 19.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.62, -37.03, 8.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.62, 37.97, 167.22°)
OKLab	oklab(67.32% -0.1035 0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(67.32% 0.106 168.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.8206, 32.3364, 29.1314)
Luminance	0.3234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AB8A #AB4869

analogous

#48AB58 #48AB8A #489BAB

triadic

#48AB8A #8A48AB #AB8A48

tetradic

#48AB8A #5848AB #AB4869 #9BAB48

square

#48AB8A #5848AB #AB4869 #9BAB48

split-complementary

#48AB8A #AB489B #AB5848

monochromatic

#245544 #368067 #48AB8A #6EC2A6 #99D4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#48AB8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#48AB8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AB8A

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AB8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AB8A	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A088

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99968C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0FACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ab8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 171, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.106 168.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c4ac',
    500: '#48ab8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ab8a;
$custom-light: #84c4ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ab8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 40.741,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67317,
    "c": 0.10576,
    "h": 168.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AB8A

secondary

#C08E9F

accent

#5780D1

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AB8A

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

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