#48AF8A#48AF8A

#48AF8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.111 H 166.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AF8A
RGB	rgb(72, 175, 138)
HSL	hsl(158, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(158, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 0%, 21.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.86, -38.83, 10.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.86, 40.14, 165.33°)
OKLab	oklab(68.33% -0.108 0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(68.33% 0.111 166.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.5877, 33.8704, 29.3871)
Luminance	0.3387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AF8A #AF486D

analogous

#48AF57 #48AF8A #48A0AF

triadic

#48AF8A #8A48AF #AF8A48

tetradic

#48AF8A #5748AF #AF486D #A0AF48

square

#48AF8A #5748AF #AF486D #A0AF48

split-complementary

#48AF8A #AF48A0 #AF5748

monochromatic

#245846 #368468 #48AF8A #70C4A6 #9BD6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#48AF8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#48AF8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AF8A

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AF8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AF8A	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)

#ABA488

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D998C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0AB0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48af8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 175, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.111 166.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c7ac',
    500: '#48af8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48af8a;
$custom-light: #85c7ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48af8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.447,
    "s": 41.7,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68328,
    "c": 0.11109,
    "h": 166.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AF8A

secondary

#C290A2

accent

#5683D2

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AF8A

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

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