#48B587#48B587

#48B587 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.122 H 162.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B587
RGB	rgb(72, 181, 135)
HSL	hsl(155, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(155, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 0%, 25.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.65, -42.14, 14.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.65, 44.51, 161.22°)
OKLab	oklab(69.77% -0.116 0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(69.77% 0.122 162.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.5673, 36.1724, 28.6570)
Luminance	0.3618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B587 #B54876

analogous

#48B551 #48B587 #48ADB5

triadic

#48B587 #8748B5 #B58748

tetradic

#48B587 #5148B5 #B54876 #ADB548

square

#48B587 #5148B5 #B54876 #ADB548

split-complementary

#48B587 #B548AD #B55148

monochromatic

#255D46 #378966 #48B587 #73C7A4 #9FD9C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#48B587 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#48B587 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B587

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B587	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B587	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)

#B2A984

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39E8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#09B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b587;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 181, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.122 162.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ccaa',
    500: '#48b587',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b587;
$custom-light: #85ccaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b587",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.679,
    "s": 43.083,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69769,
    "c": 0.12162,
    "h": 162.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B587

secondary

#C593A9

accent

#558AD3

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B587

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

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