#48B281#48B281

#48B281 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.123 H 160.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B281
RGB	rgb(72, 178, 129)
HSL	hsl(152, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(152, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 0%, 27.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.59, -42.15, 16.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.59, 45.13, 159.05°)
OKLab	oklab(68.86% -0.1155 0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(68.86% 0.123 160.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.5533, 34.8013, 26.2934)
Luminance	0.3480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B281 #B24879

analogous

#48B24C #48B281 #48AEB2

triadic

#48B281 #8148B2 #B28148

tetradic

#48B281 #4C48B2 #B24879 #AEB248

square

#48B281 #4C48B2 #B24879 #AEB248

split-complementary

#48B281 #B248AE #B24C48

monochromatic

#255B42 #368661 #48B281 #71C69F #9DD7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#48B281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#48B281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B281

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B281	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)

#B0A67E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19B84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 178, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.123 160.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85caa5',
    500: '#48b281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b281;
$custom-light: #85caa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.264,
    "s": 42.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68862,
    "c": 0.12264,
    "h": 160.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B281

secondary

#C492A9

accent

#568FD2

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C130F

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B281

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →