#48B992#48B992

#48B992 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.118 H 167.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B992
RGB	rgb(72, 185, 146)
HSL	hsl(159, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(159, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 0%, 21.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.13, -41.39, 10.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.13, 42.67, 165.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% -0.1151 0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.118 167)
XYZ	xyz(25.2072, 38.1484, 33.2235)
Luminance	0.3815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B992 #B9486F

analogous

#48B959 #48B992 #48A7B9

triadic

#48B992 #9248B9 #B99248

tetradic

#48B992 #5948B9 #B9486F #A7B948

square

#48B992 #5948B9 #B9486F #A7B948

split-complementary

#48B992 #B948A7 #B95948

monochromatic

#25614D #368E6F #48B992 #74CAAC #A1DBC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#48B992 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#48B992 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B992

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B992	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B992	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AD90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A195

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b992;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 185, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.118 167.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cfb2',
    500: '#48b992',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b992;
$custom-light: #86cfb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b992",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.292,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71057,
    "c": 0.11816,
    "h": 167
  },
  "luminance": 0.38151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B992

secondary

#C895A7

accent

#5380D4

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F5

border

#CBD2CF

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B992

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

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