#48B59E#48B59E

#48B59E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.105 H 176.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B59E
RGB	rgb(72, 181, 158)
HSL	hsl(167, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(167, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 0%, 12.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, -36.69, 2.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 36.77, 176.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.39% -0.1052 0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(70.39% 0.105 176.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.3650, 36.8915, 38.1251)
Luminance	0.3689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B59E #B5485F

analogous

#48B567 #48B59E #4896B5

triadic

#48B59E #9E48B5 #B59E48

tetradic

#48B59E #6748B5 #B5485F #96B548

square

#48B59E #6748B5 #B5485F #96B548

split-complementary

#48B59E #B54896 #B56748

monochromatic

#255D52 #378978 #48B59E #73C7B5 #9FD9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#48B59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#48B59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B59E

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B59E	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAB9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9FA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 181, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.105 176.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ccba',
    500: '#48b59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b59e;
$custom-light: #86ccba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.339,
    "s": 43.083,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70393,
    "c": 0.10537,
    "h": 176.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B59E

secondary

#C5939E

accent

#5570D3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B59E

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

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