#48A49F#48A49F

#48A49F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.087 H 190.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A49F
RGB	rgb(72, 164, 159)
HSL	hsl(177, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(177, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 0%, 3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.02, -28.37, -5.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.02, 28.93, 191.29°)
OKLab	oklab(66.21% -0.086 -0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(66.21% 0.087 190.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.2033, 30.4297, 37.4976)
Luminance	0.3043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A49F #A4484D

analogous

#48A471 #48A49F #487BA4

triadic

#48A49F #9F48A4 #A49F48

tetradic

#48A49F #7148A4 #A4484D #7BA448

square

#48A49F #7148A4 #A4484D #7BA448

split-complementary

#48A49F #A4487B #A47148

monochromatic

#234F4D #357976 #48A49F #6BBEBA #96D1CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#48A49F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#48A49F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A49F

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A49F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A49F	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9C9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C91A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a49f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 164, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.087 190.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bfbb',
    500: '#48a49f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a49f;
$custom-light: #84bfbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a49f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.739,
    "s": 38.983,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66207,
    "c": 0.08741,
    "h": 190.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A49F

secondary

#BD8B8E

accent

#595FCF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A49F

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

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