#48A496#48A496

#48A496 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.090 H 182.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A496
RGB	rgb(72, 164, 150)
HSL	hsl(171, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(171, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 0%, 8.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.77, -30.78, -0.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.77, 30.79, 181.83°)
OKLab	oklab(65.91% -0.0901 -0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(65.91% 0.09 182)
XYZ	xyz(21.4505, 30.1286, 33.5332)
Luminance	0.3013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A496 #A44856

analogous

#48A468 #48A496 #4884A4

triadic

#48A496 #9648A4 #A49648

tetradic

#48A496 #6848A4 #A44856 #84A448

square

#48A496 #6848A4 #A44856 #84A448

split-complementary

#48A496 #A44884 #A46848

monochromatic

#234F48 #35796F #48A496 #6BBEB1 #96D1C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#48A496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#48A496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A496

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A496	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9B95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9197

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 164, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.090 182.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bfb4',
    500: '#48a496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a496;
$custom-light: #84bfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.87,
    "s": 38.983,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65912,
    "c": 0.09012,
    "h": 182
  },
  "luminance": 0.30131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A496

secondary

#BD8B93

accent

#596BCF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A496

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

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