#48B98E#48B98E

#48B98E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.121 H 164.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B98E
RGB	rgb(72, 185, 142)
HSL	hsl(157, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(157, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 0%, 23.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, -42.30, 12.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 44.10, 163.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% -0.117 0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.121 164.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.9014, 38.0261, 31.6134)
Luminance	0.3803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B98E #B94873

analogous

#48B955 #48B98E #48ABB9

triadic

#48B98E #8E48B9 #B98E48

tetradic

#48B98E #5548B9 #B94873 #ABB948

square

#48B98E #5548B9 #B94873 #ABB948

split-complementary

#48B98E #B948AB #B95548

monochromatic

#25614A #368E6C #48B98E #74CAA9 #A1DBC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#48B98E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#48B98E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B98E

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B98E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B98E	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AD8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A191

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b98e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 185, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.121 164.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cfaf',
    500: '#48b98e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b98e;
$custom-light: #86cfaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b98e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.168,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70954,
    "c": 0.12127,
    "h": 164.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B98E

secondary

#C895A8

accent

#5384D4

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B98E

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

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