#48AF8D#48AF8D

#48AF8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.109 H 168.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AF8D
RGB	rgb(72, 175, 141)
HSL	hsl(160, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(160, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 0%, 19.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.93, -38.13, 8.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.93, 39.09, 167.28°)
OKLab	oklab(68.41% -0.1066 0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(68.41% 0.109 168.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.8079, 33.9585, 30.5468)
Luminance	0.3396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AF8D #AF486A

analogous

#48AF59 #48AF8D #489DAF

triadic

#48AF8D #8D48AF #AF8D48

tetradic

#48AF8D #5948AF #AF486A #9DAF48

square

#48AF8D #5948AF #AF486A #9DAF48

split-complementary

#48AF8D #AF489D #AF5948

monochromatic

#245847 #36846A #48AF8D #70C4A8 #9BD6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#48AF8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#48AF8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AF8D

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AF8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AF8D	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA48B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C998F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#03B0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48af8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 175, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.109 168.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c7ae',
    500: '#48af8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48af8d;
$custom-light: #85c7ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48af8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.194,
    "s": 41.7,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68408,
    "c": 0.10883,
    "h": 168.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AF8D

secondary

#C290A1

accent

#567FD2

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AF8D

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

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