#48A689#48A689

#48A689 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.100 H 170.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A689
RGB	rgb(72, 166, 137)
HSL	hsl(161, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(161, 57%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 0%, 17.5%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.04, -34.98, 6.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.04, 35.62, 169.14°)
OKLab	oklab(66.03% -0.0984 0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(66.03% 0.1 170.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.8220, 30.4543, 28.4430)
Luminance	0.3046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A689 #A64865

analogous

#48A65A #48A689 #4894A6

triadic

#48A689 #8948A6 #A68948

tetradic

#48A689 #5A48A6 #A64865 #94A648

square

#48A689 #5A48A6 #A64865 #94A648

split-complementary

#48A689 #A64894 #A65A48

monochromatic

#235143 #357B66 #48A689 #6CBFA6 #97D2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#48A689 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#48A689 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A689

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A689	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A689	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)

#A29C88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94928B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a689;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 166, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.100 170.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c1ab',
    500: '#48a689',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a689;
$custom-light: #83c1ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a689",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.489,
    "s": 39.496,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66026,
    "c": 0.09988,
    "h": 170.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A689

secondary

#BE8C9B

accent

#587DCF

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F7F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A689

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

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