#48B08E#48B08E

#48B08E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.109 H 168.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B08E
RGB	rgb(72, 176, 142)
HSL	hsl(160, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(160, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 0%, 19.3%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.26, -38.34, 8.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.26, 39.28, 167.46°)
OKLab	oklab(68.69% -0.1072 0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(68.69% 0.109 168.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.0779, 34.3791, 31.0056)
Luminance	0.3438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B08E #B0486A

analogous

#48B05A #48B08E #489EB0

triadic

#48B08E #8E48B0 #B08E48

tetradic

#48B08E #5A48B0 #B0486A #9EB048

square

#48B08E #5A48B0 #B0486A #9EB048

split-complementary

#48B08E #B0489E #B05A48

monochromatic

#245948 #36856B #48B08E #70C5A9 #9CD6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#48B08E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#48B08E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B08E

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B08E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B08E	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA58C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9A90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b08e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 176, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.109 168.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c8af',
    500: '#48b08e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b08e;
$custom-light: #85c8af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b08e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.385,
    "s": 41.935,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68687,
    "c": 0.1094,
    "h": 168.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B08E

secondary

#C391A1

accent

#567ED2

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B08E

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

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