#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
RGB	rgb(72, 180, 138)
HSL	hsl(157, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(157, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 23.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.41, -41.03, 12.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.41, 42.85, 163.25°)
OKLab	oklab(69.59% -0.1135 0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(69.59% 0.118 164.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.5789, 35.8529, 29.7175)
Luminance	0.3585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##48B48A	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)

#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

Preview with #48B48A

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

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