#48A191#48A191

#48A191 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.089 H 179.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A191
RGB	rgb(72, 161, 145)
HSL	hsl(169, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(169, 55%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 0%, 9.9%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.70, -30.63, 0.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.70, 30.63, 179.48°)
OKLab	oklab(65.01% -0.089 0.0002)
OKLCH	oklch(65.01% 0.089 179.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.5259, 28.9099, 31.2810)
Luminance	0.2891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A191 #A14858

analogous

#48A164 #48A191 #4884A1

triadic

#48A191 #9148A1 #A19148

tetradic

#48A191 #6448A1 #A14858 #84A148

square

#48A191 #6448A1 #A14858 #84A148

split-complementary

#48A191 #A14884 #A16448

monochromatic

#224C45 #35776B #48A191 #6ABCAD #94CFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#48A191 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#48A191 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48A191

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A191	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A191	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9890

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8E92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0BA39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a191;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 161, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.089 179.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bdb1',
    500: '#48a191',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a191;
$custom-light: #83bdb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a191",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.213,
    "s": 38.197,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65005,
    "c": 0.08896,
    "h": 179.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A191

secondary

#BB8A93

accent

#5A6FCE

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F5

border

#CBD0CF

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A191

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

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