#48A397#48A397

#48A397 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.089 H 183.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A397
RGB	rgb(72, 163, 151)
HSL	hsl(172, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(172, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 0%, 7.4%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.49, -30.03, -1.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.49, 30.10, 183.73°)
OKLab	oklab(65.7% -0.0885 -0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(65.7% 0.089 183.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.3531, 29.8044, 33.8997)
Luminance	0.2981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A397 #A34854

analogous

#48A369 #48A397 #4881A3

triadic

#48A397 #9748A3 #A39748

tetradic

#48A397 #6948A3 #A34854 #81A348

square

#48A397 #6948A3 #A34854 #81A348

split-complementary

#48A397 #A34881 #A36948

monochromatic

#224E48 #357970 #48A397 #6BBDB3 #95D0C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#48A397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#48A397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48A397

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A397	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9B97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9098

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 163, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.089 183.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84beb5',
    500: '#48a397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a397;
$custom-light: #84beb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.088,
    "s": 38.723,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65695,
    "c": 0.08866,
    "h": 183.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A397

secondary

#BC8B91

accent

#5969CF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A397

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

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