#48B28B#48B28B

#48B28B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.114 H 165.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B28B
RGB	rgb(72, 178, 139)
HSL	hsl(158, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(158, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 0%, 21.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.81, -39.93, 10.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.81, 41.40, 164.65°)
OKLab	oklab(69.11% -0.1108 0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(69.11% 0.114 165.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.2508, 35.0803, 29.9670)
Luminance	0.3508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B28B #B2486F

analogous

#48B256 #48B28B #48A4B2

triadic

#48B28B #8B48B2 #B28B48

tetradic

#48B28B #5648B2 #B2486F #A4B248

square

#48B28B #5648B2 #B2486F #A4B248

split-complementary

#48B28B #B248A4 #B25648

monochromatic

#255B47 #368669 #48B28B #71C6A7 #9DD7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#48B28B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#48B28B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B28B

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B28B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B28B	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA689

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9B8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#03B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b28b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 178, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.114 165.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85caad',
    500: '#48b28b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b28b;
$custom-light: #85caad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b28b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.925,
    "s": 42.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69112,
    "c": 0.11432,
    "h": 165.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B28B

secondary

#C492A4

accent

#5683D2

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B28B

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

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