#48A486#48A486

#48A486 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.099 H 169.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A486
RGB	rgb(72, 164, 134)
HSL	hsl(160, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(160, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 0%, 18.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.35, -34.78, 7.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.35, 35.56, 168.00°)
OKLab	oklab(65.44% -0.0975 0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(65.44% 0.099 169)
XYZ	xyz(20.2490, 29.6480, 27.2052)
Luminance	0.2965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A486 #A44866

analogous

#48A458 #48A486 #4894A4

triadic

#48A486 #8648A4 #A48648

tetradic

#48A486 #5848A4 #A44866 #94A448

square

#48A486 #5848A4 #A44866 #94A448

split-complementary

#48A486 #A44894 #A45848

monochromatic

#234F41 #357963 #48A486 #6BBEA3 #96D1BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#48A486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#48A486 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48A486

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A486	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09A85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929088

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1AA59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 164, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.099 169.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bfa9',
    500: '#48a486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a486;
$custom-light: #83bfa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.435,
    "s": 38.983,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65437,
    "c": 0.09937,
    "h": 169
  },
  "luminance": 0.2965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A486

secondary

#BD8B9B

accent

#597FCF

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F7F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A486

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

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