#48A39D#48A39D

#48A39D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.087 H 189.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A39D
RGB	rgb(72, 163, 157)
HSL	hsl(176, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(176, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 0%, 3.7%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.66, -28.42, -5.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.66, 28.87, 190.13°)
OKLab	oklab(65.89% -0.0857 -0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(65.89% 0.087 189.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.8529, 30.0043, 36.5315)
Luminance	0.3001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A39D #A3484E

analogous

#48A36F #48A39D #487BA3

triadic

#48A39D #9D48A3 #A39D48

tetradic

#48A39D #6F48A3 #A3484E #7BA348

square

#48A39D #6F48A3 #A3484E #7BA348

split-complementary

#48A39D #A3487B #A36F48

monochromatic

#224E4B #357974 #48A39D #6BBDB8 #95D0CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#48A39D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#48A39D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A39D

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A39D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A39D	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9B9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C909E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a39d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 163, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.087 189.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84beb9',
    500: '#48a39d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a39d;
$custom-light: #84beb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a39d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.044,
    "s": 38.723,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65892,
    "c": 0.08691,
    "h": 189.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A39D

secondary

#BC8B8E

accent

#5961CF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A39D

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

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