#48B985#48B985

#48B985 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.129 H 160.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B985
RGB	rgb(72, 185, 133)
HSL	hsl(152, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(152, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 0%, 28.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, -44.28, 17.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 47.46, 158.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.73% -0.1212 0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(70.73% 0.129 160.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.2528, 37.7667, 28.1973)
Luminance	0.3777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B985 #B9487C

analogous

#48B94C #48B985 #48B5B9

triadic

#48B985 #8548B9 #B98548

tetradic

#48B985 #4C48B9 #B9487C #B5B948

square

#48B985 #4C48B9 #B9487C #B5B948

split-complementary

#48B985 #B948B5 #B94C48

monochromatic

#256146 #368E65 #48B985 #74CAA3 #A1DBC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#48B985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#48B985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B985

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B985	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AC82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A188

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#07B8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 185, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.129 160.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cfa8',
    500: '#48b985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b985;
$custom-light: #86cfa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.389,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70734,
    "c": 0.1288,
    "h": 160.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B985

secondary

#C895AC

accent

#538FD4

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B985

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

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