#48B489#48B489

#48B489 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.119 H 163.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B489
RGB	rgb(72, 180, 137)
HSL	hsl(156, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(156, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 23.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, -41.26, 12.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 43.22, 162.68°)
OKLab	oklab(69.57% -0.1139 0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(69.57% 0.119 163.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.5068, 35.8240, 29.3380)
Luminance	0.3583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B489 #B44873

analogous

#48B453 #48B489 #48A9B4

triadic

#48B489 #8948B4 #B48948

tetradic

#48B489 #5348B4 #B44873 #A9B448

square

#48B489 #5348B4 #B44873 #A9B448

split-complementary

#48B489 #B448A9 #B45348

monochromatic

#255D46 #378868 #48B489 #72C7A5 #9ED8C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#48B489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#48B489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B489

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B489	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A887

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#05B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 180, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.119 163.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cbab',
    500: '#48b489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b489;
$custom-light: #85cbab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.111,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69566,
    "c": 0.11861,
    "h": 163.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B489

secondary

#C593A7

accent

#5587D3

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B489

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

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