#48AE8A#48AE8A

#48AE8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.110 H 166.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AE8A
RGB	rgb(72, 174, 138)
HSL	hsl(159, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(159, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 0%, 20.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.55, -38.38, 9.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.55, 39.59, 165.78°)
OKLab	oklab(68.08% -0.1069 0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(68.08% 0.11 166.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.3937, 33.4826, 29.3225)
Luminance	0.3348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AE8A #AE486C

analogous

#48AE57 #48AE8A #489FAE

triadic

#48AE8A #8A48AE #AE8A48

tetradic

#48AE8A #5748AE #AE486C #9FAE48

square

#48AE8A #5748AE #AE486C #9FAE48

split-complementary

#48AE8A #AE489F #AE5748

monochromatic

#245745 #368368 #48AE8A #70C4A6 #9BD6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#48AE8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#48AE8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AE8A

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AE8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AE8A	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA388

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C988C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0BAFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ae8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 174, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.110 166.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c7ac',
    500: '#48ae8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ae8a;
$custom-light: #84c7ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ae8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.824,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68075,
    "c": 0.10974,
    "h": 166.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AE8A

secondary

#C290A2

accent

#5782D1

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AE8A

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

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