#48AE8D#48AE8D

#48AE8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.108 H 168.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AE8D
RGB	rgb(72, 174, 141)
HSL	hsl(161, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(161, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 0%, 19%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.62, -37.68, 8.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.62, 38.55, 167.77°)
OKLab	oklab(68.16% -0.1055 0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(68.16% 0.108 168.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.6139, 33.5707, 30.4822)
Luminance	0.3357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AE8D #AE4869

analogous

#48AE5A #48AE8D #489CAE

triadic

#48AE8D #8D48AE #AE8D48

tetradic

#48AE8D #5A48AE #AE4869 #9CAE48

square

#48AE8D #5A48AE #AE4869 #9CAE48

split-complementary

#48AE8D #AE489C #AE5A48

monochromatic

#245747 #36836A #48AE8D #70C4A8 #9BD6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#48AE8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#48AE8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AE8D

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AE8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AE8D	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA38B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B988F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#04AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ae8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 174, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.108 168.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c7ae',
    500: '#48ae8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ae8d;
$custom-light: #84c7ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ae8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.588,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68156,
    "c": 0.10752,
    "h": 168.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AE8D

secondary

#C290A0

accent

#577ED1

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AE8D

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

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