#48B398#48B398

#48B398 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.106 H 173.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B398
RGB	rgb(72, 179, 152)
HSL	hsl(165, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(165, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 0%, 15.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.43, -37.28, 4.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.43, 37.57, 172.85°)
OKLab	oklab(69.72% -0.1058 0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(69.72% 0.106 173.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.4574, 35.8824, 35.3368)
Luminance	0.3589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B398 #B34863

analogous

#48B363 #48B398 #4899B3

triadic

#48B398 #9848B3 #B39848

tetradic

#48B398 #6348B3 #B34863 #99B348

square

#48B398 #6348B3 #B34863 #99B348

split-complementary

#48B398 #B34899 #B36348

monochromatic

#255C4E #368773 #48B398 #72C6B1 #9ED8C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#48B398 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#48B398 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B398

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B398	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B398	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA897

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9D9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b398;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 179, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.106 173.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cab6',
    500: '#48b398',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b398;
$custom-light: #86cab6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b398",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.86,
    "s": 42.629,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69719,
    "c": 0.10646,
    "h": 173.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B398

secondary

#C4929F

accent

#5575D2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B398

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

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