#48B787#48B787

#48B787 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.124 H 161.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B787
RGB	rgb(72, 183, 135)
HSL	hsl(154, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(154, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 0%, 26.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.27, -43.00, 15.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.27, 45.60, 160.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.28% -0.1181 0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(70.28% 0.124 161.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.9769, 36.9916, 28.7935)
Luminance	0.3699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B787 #B74878

analogous

#48B750 #48B787 #48AFB7

triadic

#48B787 #8748B7 #B78748

tetradic

#48B787 #5048B7 #B74878 #AFB748

square

#48B787 #5048B7 #B74878 #AFB748

split-complementary

#48B787 #B748AF #B75048

monochromatic

#255F46 #378B67 #48B787 #74C8A4 #A0DAC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#48B787 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#48B787 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B787

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B787	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B787	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AA84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59F8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#06B7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b787;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 183, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.124 161.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cdaa',
    500: '#48b787',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b787;
$custom-light: #86cdaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b787",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.054,
    "s": 43.529,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70275,
    "c": 0.12435,
    "h": 161.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B787

secondary

#C695AA

accent

#558BD3

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B787

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

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