#48B889#48B889

#48B889 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.124 H 162.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B889
RGB	rgb(72, 184, 137)
HSL	hsl(155, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(155, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 0%, 25.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.62, -42.99, 14.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.62, 45.40, 161.24°)
OKLab	oklab(70.58% -0.1183 0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(70.58% 0.124 162.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.3260, 37.4624, 29.6110)
Luminance	0.3746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B889 #B84877

analogous

#48B851 #48B889 #48AFB8

triadic

#48B889 #8948B8 #B88948

tetradic

#48B889 #5148B8 #B84877 #AFB848

square

#48B889 #5148B8 #B84877 #AFB848

split-complementary

#48B889 #B848AF #B85148

monochromatic

#256048 #368C68 #48B889 #74C9A5 #A0DAC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#48B889 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#48B889 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B889

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B889	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B889	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AB86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A08C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b889;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 184, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.124 162.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ceab',
    500: '#48b889',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b889;
$custom-light: #86ceab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b889",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.821,
    "s": 44.094,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70577,
    "c": 0.12402,
    "h": 162.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B889

secondary

#C795AA

accent

#548AD4

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B889

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

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