#48B191#48B191

#48B191 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.109 H 169.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B191
RGB	rgb(72, 177, 145)
HSL	hsl(162, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(162, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 0%, 18.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.64, -38.08, 7.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.64, 38.79, 168.98°)
OKLab	oklab(69.02% -0.1069 0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(69.02% 0.109 169.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.5030, 34.8640, 32.2734)
Luminance	0.3487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B191 #B14868

analogous

#48B15D #48B191 #489DB1

triadic

#48B191 #9148B1 #B19148

tetradic

#48B191 #5D48B1 #B14868 #9DB148

square

#48B191 #5D48B1 #B14868 #9DB148

split-complementary

#48B191 #B1489D #B15D48

monochromatic

#255A4A #36856D #48B191 #71C5AC #9CD7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#48B191 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#48B191 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B191

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B191	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B191	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA68F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9B93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b191;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 177, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.109 169.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c9b1',
    500: '#48b191',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b191;
$custom-light: #85c9b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b191",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.714,
    "s": 42.169,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69021,
    "c": 0.10856,
    "h": 169.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B191

secondary

#C391A1

accent

#567CD2

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F5

border

#CBD1CF

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B191

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

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