#48B18F#48B18F

#48B18F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.110 H 168.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B18F
RGB	rgb(72, 177, 143)
HSL	hsl(161, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(161, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 0%, 19.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.59, -38.55, 8.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.59, 39.47, 167.64°)
OKLab	oklab(68.97% -0.1078 0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(68.97% 0.11 168.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.3502, 34.8029, 31.4683)
Luminance	0.3481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B18F #B1486A

analogous

#48B15A #48B18F #489FB1

triadic

#48B18F #8F48B1 #B18F48

tetradic

#48B18F #5A48B1 #B1486A #9FB148

square

#48B18F #5A48B1 #B1486A #9FB148

split-complementary

#48B18F #B1489F #B15A48

monochromatic

#255A49 #36856C #48B18F #71C5AA #9CD7C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#48B18F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#48B18F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B18F

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B18F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B18F	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA68D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9B91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b18f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 177, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.110 168.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c9af',
    500: '#48b18f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b18f;
$custom-light: #85c9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b18f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.571,
    "s": 42.169,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68966,
    "c": 0.10998,
    "h": 168.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B18F

secondary

#C391A2

accent

#567ED2

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B18F

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

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