#48A39B#48A39B

#48A39B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.087 H 187.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A39B
RGB	rgb(72, 163, 155)
HSL	hsl(175, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(175, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 0%, 4.9%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.60, -28.96, -4.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.60, 29.25, 187.94°)
OKLab	oklab(65.83% -0.0866 -0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(65.83% 0.087 187.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.6835, 29.9366, 35.6396)
Luminance	0.2994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A39B #A34850

analogous

#48A36D #48A39B #487DA3

triadic

#48A39B #9B48A3 #A39B48

tetradic

#48A39B #6D48A3 #A34850 #7DA348

square

#48A39B #6D48A3 #A34850 #7DA348

split-complementary

#48A39B #A3487D #A36D48

monochromatic

#224E4A #357973 #48A39B #6BBDB6 #95D0CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#48A39B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#48A39B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48A39B

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A39B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A39B	1.00	3.01	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9B9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C909C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a39b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 163, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.087 187.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84beb8',
    500: '#48a39b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a39b;
$custom-light: #84beb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a39b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.725,
    "s": 38.723,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65825,
    "c": 0.08739,
    "h": 187.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A39B

secondary

#BC8B8F

accent

#5963CF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A39B

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

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