#48B189#48B189

#48B189 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.115 H 165.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B189
RGB	rgb(72, 177, 137)
HSL	hsl(157, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(157, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 0%, 22.6%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.46, -39.94, 11.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.46, 41.58, 163.86°)
OKLab	oklab(68.81% -0.1107 0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(68.81% 0.115 165)
XYZ	xyz(22.9077, 34.6259, 29.1383)
Luminance	0.3463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B189 #B14870

analogous

#48B155 #48B189 #48A5B1

triadic

#48B189 #8948B1 #B18948

tetradic

#48B189 #5548B1 #B14870 #A5B148

square

#48B189 #5548B1 #B14870 #A5B148

split-complementary

#48B189 #B148A5 #B15548

monochromatic

#255A46 #368567 #48B189 #71C5A5 #9CD7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#48B189 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#48B189 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B189

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B189	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B189	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA587

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0AB1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b189;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 177, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.115 165.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c9ab',
    500: '#48b189',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b189;
$custom-light: #85c9ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b189",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.143,
    "s": 42.169,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68807,
    "c": 0.11456,
    "h": 165
  },
  "luminance": 0.34628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B189

secondary

#C391A4

accent

#5685D2

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B189

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

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