#48AF89#48AF89

#48AF89 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.112 H 165.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AF89
RGB	rgb(72, 175, 137)
HSL	hsl(158, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(158, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 0%, 21.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.84, -39.06, 10.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.84, 40.49, 164.70°)
OKLab	oklab(68.3% -0.1085 0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(68.3% 0.112 165.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.5156, 33.8416, 29.0076)
Luminance	0.3384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AF89 #AF486E

analogous

#48AF55 #48AF89 #48A1AF

triadic

#48AF89 #8948AF #AF8948

tetradic

#48AF89 #5548AF #AF486E #A1AF48

square

#48AF89 #5548AF #AF486E #A1AF48

split-complementary

#48AF89 #AF48A1 #AF5548

monochromatic

#245845 #368467 #48AF89 #70C4A5 #9BD6C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#48AF89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#48AF89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AF89

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AF89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AF89	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA487

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D998B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0CAFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48af89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 175, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.112 165.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c7ab',
    500: '#48af89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48af89;
$custom-light: #85c7ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48af89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.864,
    "s": 41.7,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68302,
    "c": 0.11186,
    "h": 165.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AF89

secondary

#C290A3

accent

#5684D2

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AF89

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

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