#48A296#48A296

#48A296 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.088 H 183.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A296
RGB	rgb(72, 162, 150)
HSL	hsl(172, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(172, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 0%, 7.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.15, -29.81, -1.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.15, 29.87, 183.62°)
OKLab	oklab(65.41% -0.0878 -0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(65.41% 0.088 183.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.0954, 29.4184, 33.4148)
Luminance	0.2942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A296 #A24854

analogous

#48A269 #48A296 #4881A2

triadic

#48A296 #9648A2 #A29648

tetradic

#48A296 #6948A2 #A24854 #81A248

square

#48A296 #6948A2 #A24854 #81A248

split-complementary

#48A296 #A24881 #A26948

monochromatic

#224D48 #35786F #48A296 #6ABDB2 #95D0C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#48A296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#48A296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48A296

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A296	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9A96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8F97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 162, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.088 183.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83beb4',
    500: '#48a296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a296;
$custom-light: #83beb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65413,
    "c": 0.08797,
    "h": 183.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A296

secondary

#BC8A91

accent

#5969CE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A296

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

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