#48A596#48A596

#48A596 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.091 H 181.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A596
RGB	rgb(72, 165, 150)
HSL	hsl(170, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(170, 56%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 0%, 9.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.07, -31.26, -0.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.07, 31.26, 180.98°)
OKLab	oklab(66.16% -0.0912 -0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(66.16% 0.091 181.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.6302, 30.4879, 33.5931)
Luminance	0.3049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A596 #A54857

analogous

#48A568 #48A596 #4886A5

triadic

#48A596 #9648A5 #A59648

tetradic

#48A596 #6848A5 #A54857 #86A548

square

#48A596 #6848A5 #A54857 #86A548

split-complementary

#48A596 #A54886 #A56848

monochromatic

#235049 #357A6F #48A596 #6CBFB1 #96D1C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#48A596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#48A596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A596

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A596	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9C95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909297

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 165, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.091 181.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c0b4',
    500: '#48a596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a596;
$custom-light: #84c0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.323,
    "s": 39.241,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66162,
    "c": 0.09121,
    "h": 181.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A596

secondary

#BD8C94

accent

#596CCF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A596

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

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