#48B591#48B591

#48B591 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.114 H 168.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B591
RGB	rgb(72, 181, 145)
HSL	hsl(160, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(160, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 0%, 19.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.88, -39.86, 9.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.88, 40.90, 167.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% -0.1113 0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.114 168.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.3047, 36.4674, 32.5406)
Luminance	0.3647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B591 #B5486C

analogous

#48B55A #48B591 #48A3B5

triadic

#48B591 #9148B5 #B59148

tetradic

#48B591 #5A48B5 #B5486C #A3B548

square

#48B591 #5A48B5 #B5486C #A3B548

split-complementary

#48B591 #B548A3 #B55A48

monochromatic

#255D4B #37896E #48B591 #73C7AB #9FD9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#48B591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#48B591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B591

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B591	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A98F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19E93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 181, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.114 168.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ccb1',
    500: '#48b591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b591;
$custom-light: #86ccb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.183,
    "s": 43.083,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70026,
    "c": 0.11371,
    "h": 168.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B591

secondary

#C593A4

accent

#557FD3

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F5

border

#CBD2CF

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B591

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

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