#48A09E#48A09E

#48A09E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.084 H 193.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A09E
RGB	rgb(72, 160, 158)
HSL	hsl(179, 38%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(179, 55%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 0%, 1.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.77, -26.67, -6.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.77, 27.56, 194.63°)
OKLab	oklab(65.18% -0.0819 -0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(65.18% 0.084 193.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.4122, 28.9859, 36.8075)
Luminance	0.2899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A09E #A0484A

analogous

#48A072 #48A09E #4876A0

triadic

#48A09E #9E48A0 #A09E48

tetradic

#48A09E #7248A0 #A0484A #76A048

square

#48A09E #7248A0 #A0484A #76A048

split-complementary

#48A09E #A04876 #A07248

monochromatic

#224C4B #357674 #48A09E #69BCBA #94CFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#48A09E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#48A09E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48A09E

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A09E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A09E	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97999E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898E9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a09e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 160, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.084 193.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bcba',
    500: '#48a09e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a09e;
$custom-light: #84bcba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a09e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.636,
    "s": 37.931,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65183,
    "c": 0.08415,
    "h": 193.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A09E

secondary

#BB898A

accent

#5A5DCE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A09E

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

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