#48B982#48B982

#48B982 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.131 H 158.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B982
RGB	rgb(72, 185, 130)
HSL	hsl(151, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(151, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 0%, 29.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, -44.91, 18.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 48.62, 157.48°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% -0.1226 0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.131 158.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.0485, 37.6849, 27.1213)
Luminance	0.3769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B982 #B9487F

analogous

#48B949 #48B982 #48B8B9

triadic

#48B982 #8248B9 #B98248

tetradic

#48B982 #4948B9 #B9487F #B8B948

square

#48B982 #4948B9 #B9487F #B8B948

split-complementary

#48B982 #B948B8 #B94948

monochromatic

#256144 #368E63 #48B982 #74CAA0 #A1DBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#48B982 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#48B982 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B982

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B982	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B982	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AC7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A185

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0EB8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b982;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 185, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.131 158.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cfa6',
    500: '#48b982',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b982;
$custom-light: #86cfa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b982",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.796,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70665,
    "c": 0.13145,
    "h": 158.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B982

secondary

#C895AE

accent

#5392D4

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B982

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

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