#48AD8A#48AD8A

#48AD8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.108 H 167.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AD8A
RGB	rgb(72, 173, 138)
HSL	hsl(159, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(159, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 0%, 20.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.24, -37.93, 9.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.24, 39.05, 166.25°)
OKLab	oklab(67.82% -0.1058 0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(67.82% 0.108 167.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.2013, 33.0977, 29.2583)
Luminance	0.3310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AD8A #AD486B

analogous

#48AD58 #48AD8A #489DAD

triadic

#48AD8A #8A48AD #AD8A48

tetradic

#48AD8A #5848AD #AD486B #9DAD48

square

#48AD8A #5848AD #AD486B #9DAD48

split-complementary

#48AD8A #AD489D #AD5848

monochromatic

#245745 #368268 #48AD8A #6FC3A6 #9AD5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#48AD8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#48AD8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AD8A

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AD8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AD8A	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A288

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B978C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0DAEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ad8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 173, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.108 167.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c6ac',
    500: '#48ad8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ad8a;
$custom-light: #84c6ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ad8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.208,
    "s": 41.224,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67823,
    "c": 0.10842,
    "h": 167.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AD8A

secondary

#C18FA1

accent

#5781D1

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AD8A

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

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