#48A494#48A494

#48A494 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.091 H 180.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A494
RGB	rgb(72, 164, 148)
HSL	hsl(170, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(170, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 0%, 9.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.71, -31.30, 0.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.71, 31.30, 179.89°)
OKLab	oklab(65.85% -0.091 -0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(65.85% 0.091 180.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.2909, 30.0647, 32.6923)
Luminance	0.3007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A494 #A44858

analogous

#48A466 #48A494 #4886A4

triadic

#48A494 #9448A4 #A49448

tetradic

#48A494 #6648A4 #A44858 #86A448

square

#48A494 #6648A4 #A44858 #86A448

split-complementary

#48A494 #A44886 #A46648

monochromatic

#234F47 #35796E #48A494 #6BBEB0 #96D1C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#48A494 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#48A494 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A494

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A494	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A494	1.00	2.99	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9B93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9195

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A79F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a494;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 164, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.091 180.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bfb3',
    500: '#48a494',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a494;
$custom-light: #84bfb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a494",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.565,
    "s": 38.983,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65849,
    "c": 0.09098,
    "h": 180.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A494

secondary

#BD8B94

accent

#596DCF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A494

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

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