#48B68E#48B68E

#48B68E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.117 H 165.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B68E
RGB	rgb(72, 182, 142)
HSL	hsl(158, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(158, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 0%, 22%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, -41.00, 11.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 42.49, 164.78°)
OKLab	oklab(70.2% -0.1138 0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(70.2% 0.117 165.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.2805, 36.7842, 31.4064)
Luminance	0.3679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B68E #B64870

analogous

#48B657 #48B68E #48A7B6

triadic

#48B68E #8E48B6 #B68E48

tetradic

#48B68E #5748B6 #B64870 #A7B648

square

#48B68E #5748B6 #B64870 #A7B648

split-complementary

#48B68E #B648A7 #B65748

monochromatic

#255E4A #378A6C #48B68E #73C8A9 #9FD9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#48B68E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#48B68E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B68E

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B68E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B68E	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AA8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39F91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b68e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 182, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.117 165.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ccaf',
    500: '#48b68e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b68e;
$custom-light: #86ccaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b68e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.182,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70199,
    "c": 0.11729,
    "h": 165.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B68E

secondary

#C694A6

accent

#5583D3

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B68E

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

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