#48B487#48B487

#48B487 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.120 H 162.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B487
RGB	rgb(72, 180, 135)
HSL	hsl(155, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(155, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 25%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.34, -41.70, 13.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.34, 43.96, 161.57°)
OKLab	oklab(69.52% -0.1149 0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(69.52% 0.12 162.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.3647, 35.7672, 28.5894)
Luminance	0.3577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B487 #B44875

analogous

#48B451 #48B487 #48ABB4

triadic

#48B487 #8748B4 #B48748

tetradic

#48B487 #5148B4 #B44875 #ABB448

square

#48B487 #5148B4 #B44875 #ABB448

split-complementary

#48B487 #B448AB #B45148

monochromatic

#255D45 #378866 #48B487 #72C7A4 #9ED8C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#48B487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#48B487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B487

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B487	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)

#B1A885

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29D8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0AB4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 180, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.120 162.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cbaa',
    500: '#48b487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b487;
$custom-light: #85cbaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69516,
    "c": 0.12026,
    "h": 162.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B487

secondary

#C593A8

accent

#5589D3

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B487

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

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