#48B080#48B080

#48B080 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.121 H 160.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B080
RGB	rgb(72, 176, 128)
HSL	hsl(152, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(152, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 0%, 27.3%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.95, -41.50, 15.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.95, 44.40, 159.17°)
OKLab	oklab(68.33% -0.1138 0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(68.33% 0.121 160.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.0921, 33.9848, 25.8134)
Luminance	0.3399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B080 #B04878

analogous

#48B04C #48B080 #48ACB0

triadic

#48B080 #8048B0 #B08048

tetradic

#48B080 #4C48B0 #B04878 #ACB048

square

#48B080 #4C48B0 #B04878 #ACB048

split-complementary

#48B080 #B048AC #B04C48

monochromatic

#245941 #368560 #48B080 #70C59E #9CD6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#48B080 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#48B080 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B080

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B080	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B080	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA47D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9983

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b080;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 176, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.121 160.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c8a5',
    500: '#48b080',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b080;
$custom-light: #84c8a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b080",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.308,
    "s": 41.935,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6833,
    "c": 0.12073,
    "h": 160.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B080

secondary

#C391A8

accent

#568FD2

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C130F

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B080

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

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