#48B485#48B485

#48B485 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.122 H 161.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B485
RGB	rgb(72, 180, 133)
HSL	hsl(154, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(154, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 26.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.30, -42.14, 14.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.30, 44.71, 160.49°)
OKLab	oklab(69.47% -0.1158 0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(69.47% 0.122 161.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.2252, 35.7114, 27.8548)
Luminance	0.3571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B485 #B44877

analogous

#48B44F #48B485 #48ADB4

triadic

#48B485 #8548B4 #B48548

tetradic

#48B485 #4F48B4 #B44877 #ADB448

square

#48B485 #4F48B4 #B44877 #ADB448

split-complementary

#48B485 #B448AD #B44F48

monochromatic

#255D44 #378865 #48B485 #72C7A2 #9ED8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#48B485 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#48B485 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B485

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B485	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B485	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A882

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29D88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0EB4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b485;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 180, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.122 161.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cba8',
    500: '#48b485',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b485;
$custom-light: #85cba8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b485",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.889,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69467,
    "c": 0.12195,
    "h": 161.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B485

secondary

#C593A9

accent

#558CD3

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C130F

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B485

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

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