#48A697#48A697

#48A697 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.092 H 181.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A697
RGB	rgb(72, 166, 151)
HSL	hsl(170, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(170, 57%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 0%, 9%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.41, -31.47, -0.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.41, 31.48, 181.10°)
OKLab	oklab(66.44% -0.0919 -0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(66.44% 0.092 181.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.8921, 30.8824, 34.0793)
Luminance	0.3089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A697 #A64857

analogous

#48A668 #48A697 #4886A6

triadic

#48A697 #9748A6 #A69748

tetradic

#48A697 #6848A6 #A64857 #86A648

square

#48A697 #6848A6 #A64857 #86A648

split-complementary

#48A697 #A64886 #A66848

monochromatic

#235149 #357B70 #48A697 #6CBFB2 #97D2C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#48A697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#48A697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A697

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A697	1.00	2.93	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9D96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 166, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.092 181.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c1b5',
    500: '#48a697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a697;
$custom-light: #84c1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.426,
    "s": 39.496,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66443,
    "c": 0.09188,
    "h": 181.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A697

secondary

#BE8C94

accent

#586BCF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A697

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

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