#48A498#48A498

#48A498 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.089 H 183.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A498
RGB	rgb(72, 164, 152)
HSL	hsl(172, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(172, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 0%, 7.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.82, -30.25, -2.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.82, 30.32, 183.83°)
OKLab	oklab(65.98% -0.0891 -0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(65.98% 0.089 183.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.6130, 30.1935, 34.3886)
Luminance	0.3020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A498 #A44854

analogous

#48A46A #48A498 #4882A4

triadic

#48A498 #9848A4 #A49848

tetradic

#48A498 #6A48A4 #A44854 #82A448

square

#48A498 #6A48A4 #A44854 #82A448

split-complementary

#48A498 #A44882 #A46A48

monochromatic

#234F49 #357971 #48A498 #6BBEB3 #96D1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#48A498 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#48A498 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A498

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A498	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A498	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9C98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9199

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a498;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 164, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.089 183.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bfb6',
    500: '#48a498',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a498;
$custom-light: #84bfb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a498",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.174,
    "s": 38.983,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65976,
    "c": 0.08934,
    "h": 183.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A498

secondary

#BD8B92

accent

#5968CF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A498

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

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