#48AE90#48AE90

#48AE90 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.105 H 170.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AE90
RGB	rgb(72, 174, 144)
HSL	hsl(162, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(162, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 0%, 17.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.69, -36.96, 6.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.69, 37.55, 169.86°)
OKLab	oklab(68.24% -0.104 0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(68.24% 0.105 170.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.8402, 33.6612, 31.6737)
Luminance	0.3366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AE90 #AE4866

analogous

#48AE5D #48AE90 #4899AE

triadic

#48AE90 #9048AE #AE9048

tetradic

#48AE90 #5D48AE #AE4866 #99AE48

square

#48AE90 #5D48AE #AE4866 #99AE48

split-complementary

#48AE90 #AE4899 #AE5D48

monochromatic

#245748 #36836C #48AE90 #70C4AB #9BD6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#48AE90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#48AE90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AE90

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AE90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AE90	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A38F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9892

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ae90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 174, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.105 170.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c7b0',
    500: '#48ae90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ae90;
$custom-light: #85c7b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ae90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.353,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68239,
    "c": 0.10541,
    "h": 170.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AE90

secondary

#C2909F

accent

#577BD1

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AE90

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

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