#48AD8F#48AD8F

#48AD8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.105 H 170.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AD8F
RGB	rgb(72, 173, 143)
HSL	hsl(162, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(162, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 0%, 17.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.36, -36.75, 6.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.36, 37.35, 169.69°)
OKLab	oklab(67.96% -0.1034 0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(67.96% 0.105 170.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.5716, 33.2458, 31.2088)
Luminance	0.3325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AD8F #AD4866

analogous

#48AD5C #48AD8F #4898AD

triadic

#48AD8F #8F48AD #AD8F48

tetradic

#48AD8F #5C48AD #AD4866 #98AD48

square

#48AD8F #5C48AD #AD4866 #98AD48

split-complementary

#48AD8F #AD4898 #AD5C48

monochromatic

#245748 #36826B #48AD8F #6FC3AA #9AD5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#48AD8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#48AD8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AD8F

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AD8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AD8F	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A28E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999891

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#01AEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ad8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 173, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.105 170.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c6af',
    500: '#48ad8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ad8f;
$custom-light: #84c6af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ad8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.178,
    "s": 41.224,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6796,
    "c": 0.10482,
    "h": 170.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AD8F

secondary

#C18F9E

accent

#577BD1

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AD8F

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

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