#48A090#48A090

#48A090 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.088 H 179.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A090
RGB	rgb(72, 160, 144)
HSL	hsl(169, 38%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(169, 55%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 0%, 10%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.37, -30.41, 0.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.37, 30.41, 179.34°)
OKLab	oklab(64.72% -0.0883 0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(64.72% 0.088 179.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.2751, 28.5310, 30.8187)
Luminance	0.2853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A090 #A04858

analogous

#48A064 #48A090 #4884A0

triadic

#48A090 #9048A0 #A09048

tetradic

#48A090 #6448A0 #A04858 #84A048

square

#48A090 #6448A0 #A04858 #84A048

split-complementary

#48A090 #A04884 #A06448

monochromatic

#224C44 #35766A #48A090 #69BCAD #94CFC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#48A090 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#48A090 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48A090

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A090	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A090	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A978F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8D91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0EA29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a090;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 160, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.088 179.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bcb0',
    500: '#48a090',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a090;
$custom-light: #83bcb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a090",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.091,
    "s": 37.931,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64723,
    "c": 0.08828,
    "h": 179.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A090

secondary

#BB8992

accent

#5A6FCE

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A090

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

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