#48B488#48B488

#48B488 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.119 H 163.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B488
RGB	rgb(72, 180, 136)
HSL	hsl(156, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(156, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 24.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.36, -41.48, 13.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.36, 43.59, 162.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.54% -0.1144 0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(69.54% 0.119 163.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.4354, 35.7955, 28.9620)
Luminance	0.3580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B488 #B44874

analogous

#48B452 #48B488 #48AAB4

triadic

#48B488 #8848B4 #B48848

tetradic

#48B488 #5248B4 #B44874 #AAB448

square

#48B488 #5248B4 #B44874 #AAB448

split-complementary

#48B488 #B448AA #B45248

monochromatic

#255D46 #378867 #48B488 #72C7A4 #9ED8C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#48B488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#48B488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B488

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B488	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A886

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#08B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 180, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.119 163.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cbaa',
    500: '#48b488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b488;
$custom-light: #85cbaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.556,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69541,
    "c": 0.11943,
    "h": 163.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B488

secondary

#C593A7

accent

#5588D3

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B488

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

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