#48B185#48B185

#48B185 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.118 H 162.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B185
RGB	rgb(72, 177, 133)
HSL	hsl(155, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(155, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 0%, 24.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.37, -40.84, 13.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.37, 43.06, 161.54°)
OKLab	oklab(68.71% -0.1126 0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(68.71% 0.118 162.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.6261, 34.5132, 27.6551)
Luminance	0.3452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B185 #B14874

analogous

#48B151 #48B185 #48A9B1

triadic

#48B185 #8548B1 #B18548

tetradic

#48B185 #5148B1 #B14874 #A9B148

square

#48B185 #5148B1 #B14874 #A9B148

split-complementary

#48B185 #B148A9 #B15148

monochromatic

#255A44 #368564 #48B185 #71C5A2 #9CD7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#48B185 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#48B185 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B185

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B185	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B185	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA583

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b185;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 177, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.118 162.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c9a8',
    500: '#48b185',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b185;
$custom-light: #85c9a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b185",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.857,
    "s": 42.169,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68706,
    "c": 0.11783,
    "h": 162.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B185

secondary

#C391A6

accent

#568AD2

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C130F

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B185

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

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