#48A08D#48A08D

#48A08D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.090 H 177.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A08D
RGB	rgb(72, 160, 141)
HSL	hsl(167, 38%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(167, 55%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 0%, 11.9%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.28, -31.18, 1.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.28, 31.24, 176.47°)
OKLab	oklab(64.63% -0.0897 0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(64.63% 0.09 177.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.0489, 28.4405, 29.6272)
Luminance	0.2844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A08D #A0485B

analogous

#48A061 #48A08D #4887A0

triadic

#48A08D #8D48A0 #A08D48

tetradic

#48A08D #6148A0 #A0485B #87A048

square

#48A08D #6148A0 #A0485B #87A048

split-complementary

#48A08D #A04887 #A06148

monochromatic

#224C43 #357668 #48A08D #69BCAA #94CFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#48A08D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#48A08D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48A08D

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A08D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A08D	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A978C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8D8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14A29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a08d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 160, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.090 177.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bcae',
    500: '#48a08d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a08d;
$custom-light: #83bcae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a08d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.045,
    "s": 37.931,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64631,
    "c": 0.08979,
    "h": 177.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A08D

secondary

#BB8994

accent

#5A73CE

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A08D

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

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