#48A19F#48A19F

#48A19F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.085 H 193.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A19F
RGB	rgb(72, 161, 159)
HSL	hsl(179, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(179, 55%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 0%, 1.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.11, -26.89, -7.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.11, 27.79, 194.65°)
OKLab	oklab(65.46% -0.0826 -0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(65.46% 0.085 193.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.6727, 29.3686, 37.3207)
Luminance	0.2937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A19F #A1484A

analogous

#48A172 #48A19F #4876A1

triadic

#48A19F #9F48A1 #A19F48

tetradic

#48A19F #7248A1 #A1484A #76A148

square

#48A19F #7248A1 #A1484A #76A148

split-complementary

#48A19F #A14876 #A17248

monochromatic

#224C4B #357775 #48A19F #6ABCBA #94CFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#48A19F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#48A19F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48A19F

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A19F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A19F	1.00	3.05	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989A9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898FA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a19f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 161, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.085 193.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bdbb',
    500: '#48a19f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a19f;
$custom-light: #84bdbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a19f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.652,
    "s": 38.197,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65465,
    "c": 0.08486,
    "h": 193.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A19F

secondary

#BB8A8B

accent

#5A5CCE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A19F

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