#48B186#48B186

#48B186 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.117 H 163.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B186
RGB	rgb(72, 177, 134)
HSL	hsl(155, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(155, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 0%, 24.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.39, -40.62, 13.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.39, 42.69, 162.11°)
OKLab	oklab(68.73% -0.1121 0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(68.73% 0.117 163.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.6955, 34.5410, 28.0207)
Luminance	0.3454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B186 #B14873

analogous

#48B152 #48B186 #48A8B1

triadic

#48B186 #8648B1 #B18648

tetradic

#48B186 #5248B1 #B14873 #A8B148

square

#48B186 #5248B1 #B14873 #A8B148

split-complementary

#48B186 #B148A8 #B15248

monochromatic

#255A44 #368565 #48B186 #71C5A3 #9CD7BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#48B186 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#48B186 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B186

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B186	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B186	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA584

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#10B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b186;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 177, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.117 163.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c9a9',
    500: '#48b186',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b186;
$custom-light: #85c9a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b186",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.429,
    "s": 42.169,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68731,
    "c": 0.117,
    "h": 163.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B186

secondary

#C391A6

accent

#5689D2

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C130F

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B186

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

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