#48B98D#48B98D

#48B98D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.122 H 164.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B98D
RGB	rgb(72, 185, 141)
HSL	hsl(157, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(157, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 0%, 23.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, -42.53, 12.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 44.46, 163.03°)
OKLab	oklab(70.93% -0.1175 0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(70.93% 0.122 164.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.8267, 37.9962, 31.2198)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B98D #B94874

analogous

#48B954 #48B98D #48ADB9

triadic

#48B98D #8D48B9 #B98D48

tetradic

#48B98D #5448B9 #B94874 #ADB948

square

#48B98D #5448B9 #B94874 #ADB948

split-complementary

#48B98D #B948AD #B95448

monochromatic

#25614A #368E6C #48B98D #74CAA9 #A1DBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#48B98D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#48B98D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B98D

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B98D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B98D	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AD8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A190

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b98d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 185, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.122 164.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cfae',
    500: '#48b98d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b98d;
$custom-light: #86cfae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b98d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.637,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70929,
    "c": 0.12207,
    "h": 164.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B98D

secondary

#C895A9

accent

#5386D4

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B98D

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

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