#48B391#48B391

#48B391 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.111 H 169.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B391
RGB	rgb(72, 179, 145)
HSL	hsl(161, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(161, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 0%, 19%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.26, -38.97, 8.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.26, 39.84, 167.99°)
OKLab	oklab(69.52% -0.1091 0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(69.52% 0.111 169)
XYZ	xyz(23.9009, 35.6599, 32.4060)
Luminance	0.3566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B391 #B3486A

analogous

#48B35C #48B391 #489FB3

triadic

#48B391 #9148B3 #B39148

tetradic

#48B391 #5C48B3 #B3486A #9FB348

square

#48B391 #5C48B3 #B3486A #9FB348

split-complementary

#48B391 #B3489F #B35C48

monochromatic

#255C4A #36876E #48B391 #72C6AB #9ED8C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#48B391 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#48B391 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B391

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B391	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B391	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA88F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9C93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b391;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 179, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.111 169.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cab1',
    500: '#48b391',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b391;
$custom-light: #85cab1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b391",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.935,
    "s": 42.629,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69523,
    "c": 0.11112,
    "h": 169
  },
  "luminance": 0.35662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B391

secondary

#C492A2

accent

#557DD2

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F5

border

#CBD1CF

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B391

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

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