#48B48A#48B48A

#48B48A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.118 H 164.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48B48A
RGBrgb(72, 180, 138)
HSLhsl(157, 43%, 49%)
HSVhsv(157, 60%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(60%, 0%, 23.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LABlab(66.41, -41.03, 12.35)
CIE-LCHlch(66.41, 42.85, 163.25°)
OKLaboklab(69.59% -0.1135 0.0316)
OKLCHoklch(69.59% 0.118 164.4)
XYZxyz(23.5789, 35.8529, 29.7175)
Luminance0.3585 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48B48A #B44872
analogous
#48B454 #48B48A #48A8B4
triadic
#48B48A #8A48B4 #B48A48
tetradic
#48B48A #5448B4 #B44872 #A8B448
square
#48B48A #5448B4 #B44872 #A8B448
split-complementary
#48B48A #B448A8 #B45448
monochromatic
#255D47 #378868 #48B48A #72C7A6 #9ED8C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57
#48B48A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17
#48B48A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B48A
8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48B48A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48B48A1.002.578.178.17
#FFFFFF2.571.0021.0021.00
#0000008.1721.001.001.00
##0000008.1721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B1A888
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A19D8D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#03B4A8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48b48a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 180, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.118 164.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cbac',
    500: '#48b48a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48b48a;
$custom-light: #85cbac;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48b48a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.667,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69591,
    "c": 0.1178,
    "h": 164.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48B48A
secondary
#C593A6
accent
#5586D3
background
#F8FCFA
surface
#F0F8F4
border
#CBD1CE
text
#0C1310
muted
#7D827F

Preview Lab

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#48B48A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva