#48B08B#48B08B

#48B08B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.112 H 166.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B08B
RGB	rgb(72, 176, 139)
HSL	hsl(159, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(159, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 0%, 21%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.19, -39.04, 10.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.19, 40.32, 165.52°)
OKLab	oklab(68.61% -0.1086 0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(68.61% 0.112 166.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.8557, 34.2902, 29.8353)
Luminance	0.3429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B08B #B0486D

analogous

#48B057 #48B08B #48A1B0

triadic

#48B08B #8B48B0 #B08B48

tetradic

#48B08B #5748B0 #B0486D #A1B048

square

#48B08B #5748B0 #B0486D #A1B048

split-complementary

#48B08B #B048A1 #B05748

monochromatic

#245946 #368569 #48B08B #70C5A7 #9CD6C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#48B08B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#48B08B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B08B

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B08B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B08B	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA589

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9A8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#06B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b08b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 176, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.112 166.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c8ac',
    500: '#48b08b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b08b;
$custom-light: #85c8ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b08b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.654,
    "s": 41.935,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68607,
    "c": 0.11165,
    "h": 166.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B08B

secondary

#C391A3

accent

#5682D2

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B08B

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

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