#48A398#48A398

#48A398 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.088 H 184.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A398
RGB	rgb(72, 163, 152)
HSL	hsl(173, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(173, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 0%, 6.7%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.51, -29.77, -2.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.51, 29.87, 184.76°)
OKLab	oklab(65.73% -0.088 -0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(65.73% 0.088 184.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.4347, 29.8370, 34.3292)
Luminance	0.2984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A398 #A34853

analogous

#48A36A #48A398 #4880A3

triadic

#48A398 #9848A3 #A39848

tetradic

#48A398 #6A48A3 #A34853 #80A348

square

#48A398 #6A48A3 #A34853 #80A348

split-complementary

#48A398 #A34880 #A36A48

monochromatic

#224E49 #357970 #48A398 #6BBDB3 #95D0C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#48A398 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#48A398 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48A398

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A398	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A398	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9B98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a398;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 163, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.088 184.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84beb6',
    500: '#48a398',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a398;
$custom-light: #84beb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a398",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.747,
    "s": 38.723,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65727,
    "c": 0.0883,
    "h": 184.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A398

secondary

#BC8B91

accent

#5967CF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A398

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

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