#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
RGBrgb(72, 164, 159)
HSLhsl(177, 39%, 46%)
HSVhsv(177, 56%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(56.1%, 0%, 3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LABlab(62.02, -28.37, -5.67)
CIE-LCHlch(62.02, 28.93, 191.29°)
OKLaboklab(66.21% -0.086 -0.0158)
OKLCHoklch(66.21% 0.087 190.4)
XYZxyz(22.2033, 30.4297, 37.4976)
Luminance0.3043 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##48A49F1.002.967.097.09
#FFFFFF2.961.0021.0021.00
#0000007.0921.001.001.00
##0000007.0921.001.001.00

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

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#48A49F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva