#48A291#48A291

#48A291 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.090 H 179.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A291
RGB	rgb(72, 162, 145)
HSL	hsl(169, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(169, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 0%, 10.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.01, -31.11, 0.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.01, 31.12, 178.66°)
OKLab	oklab(65.26% -0.0901 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(65.26% 0.09 179.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.7014, 29.2607, 31.3395)
Luminance	0.2926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A291 #A24859

analogous

#48A264 #48A291 #4886A2

triadic

#48A291 #9148A2 #A29148

tetradic

#48A291 #6448A2 #A24859 #86A248

square

#48A291 #6448A2 #A24859 #86A248

split-complementary

#48A291 #A24886 #A26448

monochromatic

#224D45 #35786B #48A291 #6ABDAD #95D0C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#48A291 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#48A291 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48A291

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A291	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A291	1.00	3.06	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9990

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8F92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0AA49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a291;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 162, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.090 179.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83beb1',
    500: '#48a291',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a291;
$custom-light: #83beb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a291",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.667,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65255,
    "c": 0.09011,
    "h": 179.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A291

secondary

#BC8A93

accent

#5970CE

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F7F5

border

#CBD0CF

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A291

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

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