#48B993#48B993

#48B993 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.117 H 167.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B993
RGB	rgb(72, 185, 147)
HSL	hsl(160, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(160, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 0%, 20.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, -41.15, 9.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 42.33, 166.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% -0.1146 0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.117 167.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.2853, 38.1796, 33.6350)
Luminance	0.3818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B993 #B9486E

analogous

#48B95A #48B993 #48A6B9

triadic

#48B993 #9348B9 #B99348

tetradic

#48B993 #5A48B9 #B9486E #A6B948

square

#48B993 #5A48B9 #B9486E #A6B948

split-complementary

#48B993 #B948A6 #B95A48

monochromatic

#25614D #368E70 #48B993 #74CAAD #A1DBC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#48B993 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#48B993 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B993

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B993	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B993	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AD91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A195

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b993;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 185, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.117 167.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cfb2',
    500: '#48b993',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b993;
$custom-light: #86cfb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b993",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.823,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71084,
    "c": 0.11741,
    "h": 167.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B993

secondary

#C895A6

accent

#537FD4

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F5

border

#CBD2CF

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B993

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

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