#48AE87#48AE87

#48AE87 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.112 H 165.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AE87
RGB	rgb(72, 174, 135)
HSL	hsl(157, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(157, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 0%, 22.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.48, -39.07, 11.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.48, 40.67, 163.89°)
OKLab	oklab(68% -0.1083 0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(68% 0.112 165.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.1796, 33.3969, 28.1944)
Luminance	0.3340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AE87 #AE486F

analogous

#48AE54 #48AE87 #48A2AE

triadic

#48AE87 #8748AE #AE8748

tetradic

#48AE87 #5448AE #AE486F #A2AE48

square

#48AE87 #5448AE #AE486F #A2AE48

split-complementary

#48AE87 #AE48A2 #AE5448

monochromatic

#245744 #368365 #48AE87 #70C4A3 #9BD6BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#48AE87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#48AE87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AE87

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AE87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AE87	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA385

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C988A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11AEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ae87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 174, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.112 165.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c7aa',
    500: '#48ae87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ae87;
$custom-light: #84c7aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ae87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.059,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67996,
    "c": 0.1121,
    "h": 165.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AE87

secondary

#C290A3

accent

#5785D1

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AE87

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

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