#48A68B#48A68B

#48A68B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.099 H 171.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A68B
RGB	rgb(72, 166, 139)
HSL	hsl(163, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(163, 57%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 0%, 16.3%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.09, -34.50, 5.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.09, 34.96, 170.68°)
OKLab	oklab(66.08% -0.0975 0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(66.08% 0.099 171.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.9667, 30.5122, 29.2056)
Luminance	0.3051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A68B #A64863

analogous

#48A65C #48A68B #4892A6

triadic

#48A68B #8B48A6 #A68B48

tetradic

#48A68B #5C48A6 #A64863 #92A648

square

#48A68B #5C48A6 #A64863 #92A648

split-complementary

#48A68B #A64892 #A65C48

monochromatic

#235144 #357B67 #48A68B #6CBFA7 #97D2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#48A68B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#48A68B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A68B

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A68B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A68B	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)

#A19C8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93928D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a68b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 166, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.099 171.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c1ac',
    500: '#48a68b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a68b;
$custom-light: #83c1ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a68b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.766,
    "s": 39.496,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66083,
    "c": 0.09852,
    "h": 171.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A68B

secondary

#BE8C9A

accent

#587BCF

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F7F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A68B

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

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