#48AE80#48AE80

#48AE80 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.118 H 161.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AE80
RGB	rgb(72, 174, 128)
HSL	hsl(153, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(153, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 0%, 26.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.33, -40.63, 14.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.33, 43.29, 159.84°)
OKLab	oklab(67.82% -0.1116 0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(67.82% 0.118 161.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.7028, 33.2062, 25.6836)
Luminance	0.3321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AE80 #AE4876

analogous

#48AE4D #48AE80 #48A9AE

triadic

#48AE80 #8048AE #AE8048

tetradic

#48AE80 #4D48AE #AE4876 #A9AE48

square

#48AE80 #4D48AE #AE4876 #A9AE48

split-complementary

#48AE80 #AE48A9 #AE4D48

monochromatic

#245740 #368360 #48AE80 #70C49E #9BD6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#48AE80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#48AE80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AE80

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AE80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AE80	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)

#ACA27D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9883

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1AAEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ae80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 174, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.118 161.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c7a5',
    500: '#48ae80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ae80;
$custom-light: #84c7a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ae80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.941,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67821,
    "c": 0.11794,
    "h": 161.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AE80

secondary

#C290A6

accent

#578ED1

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C130F

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AE80

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

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