#48A092#48A092

#48A092 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.087 H 181.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A092
RGB	rgb(72, 160, 146)
HSL	hsl(170, 38%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(170, 55%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 0%, 8.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.42, -29.89, -0.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.42, 29.90, 181.34°)
OKLab	oklab(64.79% -0.0873 -0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(64.79% 0.087 181.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.4293, 28.5927, 31.6309)
Luminance	0.2859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A092 #A04856

analogous

#48A066 #48A092 #4882A0

triadic

#48A092 #9248A0 #A09248

tetradic

#48A092 #6648A0 #A04856 #82A048

square

#48A092 #6648A0 #A04856 #82A048

split-complementary

#48A092 #A04882 #A06648

monochromatic

#224C45 #35766B #48A092 #69BCAF #94CFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#48A092 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#48A092 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48A092

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A092	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A092	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9891

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8D93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0AA39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a092;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 160, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.087 181.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bcb1',
    500: '#48a092',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a092;
$custom-light: #83bcb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a092",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.455,
    "s": 37.931,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64786,
    "c": 0.08738,
    "h": 181.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A092

secondary

#BB8991

accent

#5A6CCE

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F5

border

#CBD0CF

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A092

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

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