#48B181#48B181

#48B181 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.121 H 160.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B181
RGB	rgb(72, 177, 129)
HSL	hsl(153, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(153, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 0%, 27.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.28, -41.72, 15.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.28, 44.58, 159.37°)
OKLab	oklab(68.61% -0.1144 0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(68.61% 0.121 160.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.3550, 34.4048, 26.2273)
Luminance	0.3441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B181 #B14878

analogous

#48B14C #48B181 #48ADB1

triadic

#48B181 #8148B1 #B18148

tetradic

#48B181 #4C48B1 #B14878 #ADB148

square

#48B181 #4C48B1 #B14878 #ADB148

split-complementary

#48B181 #B148AD #B14C48

monochromatic

#255A42 #368561 #48B181 #71C59F #9CD7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#48B181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#48B181 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B181

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B181	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	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)

#AFA57E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09A84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 177, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.121 160.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c9a5',
    500: '#48b181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b181;
$custom-light: #85c9a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.571,
    "s": 42.169,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68608,
    "c": 0.12125,
    "h": 160.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B181

secondary

#C391A8

accent

#568FD2

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C130F

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B181

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

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