#48AD8D#48AD8D

#48AD8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.106 H 169.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AD8D
RGB	rgb(72, 173, 141)
HSL	hsl(161, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(161, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 0%, 18.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.31, -37.23, 7.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.31, 38.02, 168.28°)
OKLab	oklab(67.9% -0.1044 0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(67.9% 0.106 169.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.4215, 33.1858, 30.4180)
Luminance	0.3319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AD8D #AD4868

analogous

#48AD5A #48AD8D #489AAD

triadic

#48AD8D #8D48AD #AD8D48

tetradic

#48AD8D #5A48AD #AD4868 #9AAD48

square

#48AD8D #5A48AD #AD4868 #9AAD48

split-complementary

#48AD8D #AD489A #AD5A48

monochromatic

#245747 #36826A #48AD8D #6FC3A8 #9AD5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#48AD8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#48AD8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AD8D

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AD8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AD8D	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A28B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A988F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#06AEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ad8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 173, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.106 169.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c6ae',
    500: '#48ad8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ad8d;
$custom-light: #84c6ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ad8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.99,
    "s": 41.224,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67904,
    "c": 0.10621,
    "h": 169.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AD8D

secondary

#C18F9F

accent

#577DD1

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AD8D

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

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