#48B486#48B486

#48B486 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.121 H 162.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B486
RGB	rgb(72, 180, 134)
HSL	hsl(154, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(154, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 25.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.32, -41.93, 14.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.32, 44.33, 161.03°)
OKLab	oklab(69.49% -0.1154 0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(69.49% 0.121 162.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.2946, 35.7392, 28.2204)
Luminance	0.3574 (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

#48B486 #B44876

analogous

#48B450 #48B486 #48ACB4

triadic

#48B486 #8648B4 #B48648

tetradic

#48B486 #5048B4 #B44876 #ACB448

square

#48B486 #5048B4 #B44876 #ACB448

split-complementary

#48B486 #B448AC #B45048

monochromatic

#255D45 #378865 #48B486 #72C7A3 #9ED8C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#48B486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#48B486 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B486

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B486	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A883

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0CB4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 180, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.121 162.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cba9',
    500: '#48b486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b486;
$custom-light: #85cba9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.444,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69491,
    "c": 0.12109,
    "h": 162.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B486

secondary

#C593A8

accent

#558BD3

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C130F

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B486

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

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