#48A197#48A197

#48A197 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.087 H 185.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A197
RGB	rgb(72, 161, 151)
HSL	hsl(173, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(173, 55%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 0%, 6.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.87, -29.06, -2.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.87, 29.20, 185.63°)
OKLab	oklab(65.2% -0.0862 -0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(65.2% 0.087 185.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.0008, 29.0998, 33.7823)
Luminance	0.2910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A197 #A14852

analogous

#48A16A #48A197 #487EA1

triadic

#48A197 #9748A1 #A19748

tetradic

#48A197 #6A48A1 #A14852 #7EA148

square

#48A197 #6A48A1 #A14852 #7EA148

split-complementary

#48A197 #A1487E #A16A48

monochromatic

#224C48 #35776F #48A197 #6ABCB3 #94CFC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#48A197 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#48A197 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48A197

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A197	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A197	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9997

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8E98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a197;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 161, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.087 185.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bdb5',
    500: '#48a197',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a197;
$custom-light: #83bdb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a197",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.258,
    "s": 38.197,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65196,
    "c": 0.08659,
    "h": 185.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A197

secondary

#BB8A8F

accent

#5A67CE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A197

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

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