#48A696#48A696

#48A696 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.092 H 180.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A696
RGB	rgb(72, 166, 150)
HSL	hsl(170, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(170, 57%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 0%, 9.6%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.38, -31.73, -0.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.38, 31.73, 180.15°)
OKLab	oklab(66.41% -0.0923 -0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(66.41% 0.092 180.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.8113, 30.8500, 33.6535)
Luminance	0.3085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A696 #A64858

analogous

#48A667 #48A696 #4887A6

triadic

#48A696 #9648A6 #A69648

tetradic

#48A696 #6748A6 #A64858 #87A648

square

#48A696 #6748A6 #A64858 #87A648

split-complementary

#48A696 #A64887 #A66748

monochromatic

#235149 #357B6F #48A696 #6CBFB1 #97D2C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#48A696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#48A696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A696

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A696	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9D95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919297

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 166, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.092 180.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c1b4',
    500: '#48a696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a696;
$custom-light: #84c1b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.787,
    "s": 39.496,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66411,
    "c": 0.09232,
    "h": 180.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A696

secondary

#BE8C94

accent

#586DCF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A696

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

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