#48A47E#48A47E

#48A47E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.106 H 163.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A47E
RGB	rgb(72, 164, 126)
HSL	hsl(155, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(155, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 0%, 23.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.16, -36.63, 11.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.16, 38.43, 162.44°)
OKLab	oklab(65.22% -0.1014 0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(65.22% 0.106 163.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.7120, 29.4332, 24.3770)
Luminance	0.2944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A47E #A4486E

analogous

#48A450 #48A47E #489CA4

triadic

#48A47E #7E48A4 #A47E48

tetradic

#48A47E #5048A4 #A4486E #9CA448

square

#48A47E #5048A4 #A4486E #9CA448

split-complementary

#48A47E #A4489C #A45048

monochromatic

#234F3D #35795D #48A47E #6BBE9C #96D1B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#48A47E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#48A47E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48A47E

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A47E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A47E	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1997C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949080

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a47e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 164, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.106 163.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bfa3',
    500: '#48a47e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a47e;
$custom-light: #83bfa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a47e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.217,
    "s": 38.983,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65222,
    "c": 0.10562,
    "h": 163.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A47E

secondary

#BD8BA0

accent

#598ACF

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F3

border

#CAD0CD

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A47E

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

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