#48B28E#48B28E

#48B28E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.112 H 167.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B28E
RGB	rgb(72, 178, 142)
HSL	hsl(160, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(160, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 0%, 20.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.88, -39.23, 9.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.88, 40.34, 166.52°)
OKLab	oklab(69.19% -0.1094 0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(69.19% 0.112 167.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.4730, 35.1692, 31.1372)
Luminance	0.3517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B28E #B2486C

analogous

#48B259 #48B28E #48A1B2

triadic

#48B28E #8E48B2 #B28E48

tetradic

#48B28E #5948B2 #B2486C #A1B248

square

#48B28E #5948B2 #B2486C #A1B248

split-complementary

#48B28E #B248A1 #B25948

monochromatic

#255B48 #36866B #48B28E #71C6A9 #9DD7C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#48B28E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#48B28E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B28E

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B28E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B28E	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	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)

#AEA78C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9C90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b28e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 178, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.112 167.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c9af',
    500: '#48b28e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b28e;
$custom-light: #85c9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b28e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.623,
    "s": 42.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69191,
    "c": 0.11202,
    "h": 167.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B28E

secondary

#C492A3

accent

#5680D2

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B28E

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

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