#48B495#48B495

#48B495 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.110 H 171.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B495
RGB	rgb(72, 180, 149)
HSL	hsl(163, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(163, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 17.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.66, -38.46, 6.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.66, 39.04, 170.16°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% -0.1083 0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.11 171.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.4160, 36.1877, 34.1261)
Luminance	0.3619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B495 #B44867

analogous

#48B45F #48B495 #489DB4

triadic

#48B495 #9548B4 #B49548

tetradic

#48B495 #5F48B4 #B44867 #9DB448

square

#48B495 #5F48B4 #B44867 #9DB448

split-complementary

#48B495 #B4489D #B45F48

monochromatic

#255D4D #378871 #48B495 #72C7AF #9ED8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#48B495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#48B495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B495

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B495	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA994

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9D97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 180, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.110 171.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cbb4',
    500: '#48b495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b495;
$custom-light: #86cbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.778,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69884,
    "c": 0.10963,
    "h": 171.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B495

secondary

#C593A1

accent

#5579D3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B495

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

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