#48B18A#48B18A

#48B18A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.114 H 165.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B18A
RGB	rgb(72, 177, 138)
HSL	hsl(158, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(158, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 0%, 22%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.48, -39.72, 11.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.48, 41.22, 164.47°)
OKLab	oklab(68.83% -0.1102 0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(68.83% 0.114 165.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.9798, 34.6547, 29.5178)
Luminance	0.3466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B18A #B1486F

analogous

#48B156 #48B18A #48A4B1

triadic

#48B18A #8A48B1 #B18A48

tetradic

#48B18A #5648B1 #B1486F #A4B148

square

#48B18A #5648B1 #B1486F #A4B148

split-complementary

#48B18A #B148A4 #B15648

monochromatic

#255A46 #368568 #48B18A #71C5A6 #9CD7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#48B18A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#48B18A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B18A

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B18A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B18A	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)

#AEA588

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9B8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#07B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b18a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 177, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.114 165.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c9ac',
    500: '#48b18a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b18a;
$custom-light: #85c9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b18a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.714,
    "s": 42.169,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68833,
    "c": 0.11376,
    "h": 165.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B18A

secondary

#C391A4

accent

#5684D2

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B18A

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

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