#48B987#48B987

#48B987 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.127 H 161.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B987
RGB	rgb(72, 185, 135)
HSL	hsl(153, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(153, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 0%, 27%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, -43.85, 16.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 46.70, 159.89°)
OKLab	oklab(70.78% -0.1203 0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(70.78% 0.127 161.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.3923, 37.8225, 28.9320)
Luminance	0.3782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B987 #B9487A

analogous

#48B94E #48B987 #48B3B9

triadic

#48B987 #8748B9 #B98748

tetradic

#48B987 #4E48B9 #B9487A #B3B948

square

#48B987 #4E48B9 #B9487A #B3B948

split-complementary

#48B987 #B948B3 #B94E48

monochromatic

#256147 #368E67 #48B987 #74CAA4 #A1DBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#48B987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#48B987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B987

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B987	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AC84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A18A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#03B9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 185, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.127 161.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cfaa',
    500: '#48b987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b987;
$custom-light: #86cfaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.451,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70782,
    "c": 0.12707,
    "h": 161.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B987

secondary

#C895AC

accent

#538CD4

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B987

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

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