#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
RGBrgb(72, 183, 144)
HSLhsl(159, 44%, 50%)
HSVhsv(159, 61%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(60.7%, 0%, 21.3%, 28.2%)
CIE-LABlab(67.47, -40.97, 10.56)
CIE-LCHlch(67.47, 42.31, 165.54°)
OKLaboklab(70.5% -0.1139 0.0271)
OKLCHoklch(70.5% 0.117 166.6)
XYZxyz(24.6375, 37.2558, 32.2728)
Luminance0.3726 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##48B7901.002.488.458.45
#FFFFFF2.481.0021.0021.00
#0000008.4521.001.001.00
##0000008.4521.001.001.00

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

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#48B790 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva