#48B586#48B586

#48B586 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.122 H 162.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B586
RGB	rgb(72, 181, 134)
HSL	hsl(154, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(154, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 0%, 26%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.63, -42.36, 14.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.63, 44.88, 160.68°)
OKLab	oklab(69.75% -0.1164 0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(69.75% 0.122 162)
XYZ	xyz(23.4972, 36.1444, 28.2879)
Luminance	0.3615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B586 #B54877

analogous

#48B54F #48B586 #48AEB5

triadic

#48B586 #8648B5 #B58648

tetradic

#48B586 #4F48B5 #B54877 #AEB548

square

#48B586 #4F48B5 #B54877 #AEB548

split-complementary

#48B586 #B548AE #B54F48

monochromatic

#255D45 #378966 #48B586 #73C7A3 #9FD9C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#48B586 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#48B586 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B586

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B586	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B586	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A983

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39E89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0BB5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b586;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 181, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.122 162.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cca9',
    500: '#48b586',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b586;
$custom-light: #85cca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b586",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.128,
    "s": 43.083,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69745,
    "c": 0.12246,
    "h": 162
  },
  "luminance": 0.36147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B586

secondary

#C593A9

accent

#558BD3

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B586

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

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