#48B28D#48B28D

#48B28D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.113 H 167.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B28D
RGB	rgb(72, 178, 141)
HSL	hsl(159, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(159, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 0%, 20.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.86, -39.47, 9.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.86, 40.69, 165.88°)
OKLab	oklab(69.16% -0.1099 0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(69.16% 0.113 167)
XYZ	xyz(23.3982, 35.1393, 30.7436)
Luminance	0.3514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B28D #B2486D

analogous

#48B258 #48B28D #48A2B2

triadic

#48B28D #8D48B2 #B28D48

tetradic

#48B28D #5848B2 #B2486D #A2B248

square

#48B28D #5848B2 #B2486D #A2B248

split-complementary

#48B28D #B248A2 #B25848

monochromatic

#255B48 #36866A #48B28D #71C6A8 #9DD7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#48B28D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#48B28D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B28D

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B28D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B28D	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA78B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9C8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b28d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 178, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.113 167.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85caae',
    500: '#48b28d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b28d;
$custom-light: #85caae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b28d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.057,
    "s": 42.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69164,
    "c": 0.11277,
    "h": 167
  },
  "luminance": 0.35142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B28D

secondary

#C492A3

accent

#5681D2

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B28D

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

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