#48A38F#48A38F

#48A38F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.092 H 176.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A38F
RGB	rgb(72, 163, 143)
HSL	hsl(167, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(167, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 0%, 12.3%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.27, -32.10, 2.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.27, 32.18, 176.04°)
OKLab	oklab(65.44% -0.0922 0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(65.44% 0.092 176.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.7254, 29.5533, 30.5934)
Luminance	0.2955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A38F #A3485C

analogous

#48A361 #48A38F #4889A3

triadic

#48A38F #8F48A3 #A38F48

tetradic

#48A38F #6148A3 #A3485C #89A348

square

#48A38F #6148A3 #A3485C #89A348

split-complementary

#48A38F #A34889 #A36148

monochromatic

#224E45 #35796A #48A38F #6BBDAB #95D0C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#48A38F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#48A38F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48A38F

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A38F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A38F	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9A8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9091

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0DA59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a38f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 163, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.092 176.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bfaf',
    500: '#48a38f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a38f;
$custom-light: #83bfaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a38f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.813,
    "s": 38.723,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65445,
    "c": 0.09233,
    "h": 176.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A38F

secondary

#BC8B95

accent

#5973CF

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F7F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A38F

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

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