#48B790#48B790

#48B790 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.117 H 166.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B790
RGB	rgb(72, 183, 144)
HSL	hsl(159, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(159, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 0%, 21.3%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.47, -40.97, 10.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.47, 42.31, 165.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.5% -0.1139 0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(70.5% 0.117 166.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.6375, 37.2558, 32.2728)
Luminance	0.3726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B790 #B7486F

analogous

#48B759 #48B790 #48A6B7

triadic

#48B790 #9048B7 #B79048

tetradic

#48B790 #5948B7 #B7486F #A6B748

square

#48B790 #5948B7 #B7486F #A6B748

split-complementary

#48B790 #B748A6 #B75948

monochromatic

#255F4B #378B6D #48B790 #74C8AB #A0DAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#48B790 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#48B790 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B790

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B790	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B790	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AB8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A093

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b790;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 183, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.117 166.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cdb0',
    500: '#48b790',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b790;
$custom-light: #86cdb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b790",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.919,
    "s": 43.529,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70502,
    "c": 0.11707,
    "h": 166.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B790

secondary

#C695A6

accent

#5581D3

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B790

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

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