#48B98F#48B98F

#48B98F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.120 H 165.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B98F
RGB	rgb(72, 185, 143)
HSL	hsl(158, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(158, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 0%, 22.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, -42.08, 11.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 43.74, 164.15°)
OKLab	oklab(70.98% -0.1165 0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(70.98% 0.12 165.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.9769, 38.0563, 32.0106)
Luminance	0.3806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B98F #B94872

analogous

#48B956 #48B98F #48AAB9

triadic

#48B98F #8F48B9 #B98F48

tetradic

#48B98F #5648B9 #B94872 #AAB948

square

#48B98F #5648B9 #B94872 #AAB948

split-complementary

#48B98F #B948AA #B95648

monochromatic

#25614B #368E6D #48B98F #74CAAA #A1DBC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#48B98F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#48B98F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B98F

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B98F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B98F	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)

#B5AD8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A192

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b98f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 185, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.120 165.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cfaf',
    500: '#48b98f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b98f;
$custom-light: #86cfaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b98f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.699,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7098,
    "c": 0.12048,
    "h": 165.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B98F

secondary

#C895A8

accent

#5383D4

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B98F

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

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