#48B48D#48B48D

#48B48D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.115 H 166.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B48D
RGB	rgb(72, 180, 141)
HSL	hsl(158, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(158, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 21.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.47, -40.35, 10.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.47, 41.77, 165.02°)
OKLab	oklab(69.67% -0.1121 0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(69.67% 0.115 166.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.7991, 35.9409, 30.8772)
Luminance	0.3594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B48D #B4486F

analogous

#48B457 #48B48D #48A5B4

triadic

#48B48D #8D48B4 #B48D48

tetradic

#48B48D #5748B4 #B4486F #A5B448

square

#48B48D #5748B4 #B4486F #A5B448

split-complementary

#48B48D #B448A5 #B45748

monochromatic

#255D49 #37886B #48B48D #72C7A8 #9ED8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#48B48D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#48B48D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B48D

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B48D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B48D	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A88B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19D90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b48d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 180, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.115 166.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cbae',
    500: '#48b48d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b48d;
$custom-light: #85cbae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b48d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.333,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69669,
    "c": 0.11542,
    "h": 166.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B48D

secondary

#C593A5

accent

#5582D3

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B48D

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

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