#48A19D#48A19D

#48A19D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.085 H 191.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A19D
RGB	rgb(72, 161, 157)
HSL	hsl(177, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(177, 55%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 0%, 2.5%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.05, -27.44, -5.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.05, 28.08, 192.31°)
OKLab	oklab(65.4% -0.0835 -0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(65.4% 0.085 191.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.5006, 29.2997, 36.4141)
Luminance	0.2930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A19D #A1484C

analogous

#48A170 #48A19D #4878A1

triadic

#48A19D #9D48A1 #A19D48

tetradic

#48A19D #7048A1 #A1484C #78A148

square

#48A19D #7048A1 #A1484C #78A148

split-complementary

#48A19D #A14878 #A17048

monochromatic

#224C4B #357774 #48A19D #6ABCB9 #94CFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#48A19D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#48A19D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48A19D

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A19D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A19D	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989A9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8F9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a19d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 161, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.085 191.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bdb9',
    500: '#48a19d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a19d;
$custom-light: #84bdb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a19d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.303,
    "s": 38.197,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65396,
    "c": 0.08512,
    "h": 191.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A19D

secondary

#BB8A8C

accent

#5A5FCE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A19D

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

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