#48A490#48A490

#48A490 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.093 H 176.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48A490
RGBrgb(72, 164, 144)
HSLhsl(167, 39%, 46%)
HSVhsv(167, 56%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(56.1%, 0%, 12.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LABlab(61.60, -32.32, 2.15)
CIE-LCHlch(61.60, 32.39, 176.19°)
OKLaboklab(65.73% -0.0928 0.0052)
OKLCHoklch(65.73% 0.093 176.8)
XYZxyz(20.9797, 29.9403, 31.0536)
Luminance0.2994 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48A490 #A4485C
analogous
#48A462 #48A490 #488AA4
triadic
#48A490 #9048A4 #A49048
tetradic
#48A490 #6248A4 #A4485C #8AA448
square
#48A490 #6248A4 #A4485C #8AA448
split-complementary
#48A490 #A4488A #A46248
monochromatic
#234F45 #35796B #48A490 #6BBEAC #96D1C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00
#48A490 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99
#48A490 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48A490
6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48A490#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48A4901.003.006.996.99
#FFFFFF3.001.0021.0021.00
#0000006.9921.001.001.00
##0000006.9921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9E9B8F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#909192
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#0AA69E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48a490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 164, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.093 176.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bfb0',
    500: '#48a490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48a490;
$custom-light: #83bfb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48a490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.957,
    "s": 38.983,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65727,
    "c": 0.09299,
    "h": 176.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48A490
secondary
#BD8B96
accent
#5973CF
background
#F8FBFA
surface
#F0F7F4
border
#CBD0CE
text
#0B1210
muted
#7C817F

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#48A490 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva