#48B08D#48B08D

#48B08D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.110 H 167.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B08D
RGB	rgb(72, 176, 141)
HSL	hsl(160, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(160, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 0%, 19.9%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.24, -38.58, 9.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.24, 39.62, 166.80°)
OKLab	oklab(68.66% -0.1077 0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(68.66% 0.11 167.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.0032, 34.3492, 30.6119)
Luminance	0.3435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B08D #B0486B

analogous

#48B059 #48B08D #489FB0

triadic

#48B08D #8D48B0 #B08D48

tetradic

#48B08D #5948B0 #B0486B #9FB048

square

#48B08D #5948B0 #B0486B #9FB048

split-complementary

#48B08D #B0489F #B05948

monochromatic

#245947 #36856A #48B08D #70C5A8 #9CD6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#48B08D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#48B08D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B08D

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B08D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B08D	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA58B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9A8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#01B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b08d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 176, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.110 167.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c8ae',
    500: '#48b08d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b08d;
$custom-light: #85c8ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b08d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.808,
    "s": 41.935,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6866,
    "c": 0.11014,
    "h": 167.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B08D

secondary

#C391A2

accent

#5680D2

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B08D

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

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