#48AE86#48AE86

#48AE86 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.113 H 164.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AE86
RGB	rgb(72, 174, 134)
HSL	hsl(156, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(156, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 0%, 23%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.46, -39.30, 11.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.46, 41.03, 163.28°)
OKLab	oklab(67.97% -0.1088 0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(67.97% 0.113 164.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.1095, 33.3689, 27.8253)
Luminance	0.3337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AE86 #AE4870

analogous

#48AE53 #48AE86 #48A3AE

triadic

#48AE86 #8648AE #AE8648

tetradic

#48AE86 #5348AE #AE4870 #A3AE48

square

#48AE86 #5348AE #AE4870 #A3AE48

split-complementary

#48AE86 #AE48A3 #AE5348

monochromatic

#245743 #368365 #48AE86 #70C4A3 #9BD6BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#48AE86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#48AE86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AE86

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AE86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AE86	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA384

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12AEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ae86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 174, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.113 164.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c7a9',
    500: '#48ae86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ae86;
$custom-light: #84c7a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ae86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.471,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67971,
    "c": 0.1129,
    "h": 164.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AE86

secondary

#C290A4

accent

#5787D1

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C130F

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AE86

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

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