#48B480#48B480

#48B480 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.126 H 159.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B480
RGB	rgb(72, 180, 128)
HSL	hsl(151, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(151, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 28.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.20, -43.22, 17.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.20, 46.63, 157.94°)
OKLab	oklab(69.35% -0.1182 0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(69.35% 0.126 159.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.8880, 35.5765, 26.0787)
Luminance	0.3558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B480 #B4487C

analogous

#48B44A #48B480 #48B2B4

triadic

#48B480 #8048B4 #B48048

tetradic

#48B480 #4A48B4 #B4487C #B2B448

square

#48B480 #4A48B4 #B4487C #B2B448

split-complementary

#48B480 #B448B2 #B44A48

monochromatic

#255D42 #378861 #48B480 #72C79E #9ED8BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#48B480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#48B480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B480

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B480	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A77D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39D83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 180, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.126 159.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cba5',
    500: '#48b480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b480;
$custom-light: #85cba5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.111,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69348,
    "c": 0.12631,
    "h": 159.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B480

secondary

#C593AB

accent

#5592D3

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C130F

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B480

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

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