#48A698#48A698

#48A698 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.091 H 182.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A698
RGB	rgb(72, 166, 152)
HSL	hsl(171, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(171, 57%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 0%, 8.4%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.44, -31.21, -1.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.44, 31.23, 182.07°)
OKLab	oklab(66.47% -0.0914 -0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(66.47% 0.091 182.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.9737, 30.9150, 34.5089)
Luminance	0.3092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A698 #A64856

analogous

#48A669 #48A698 #4885A6

triadic

#48A698 #9848A6 #A69848

tetradic

#48A698 #6948A6 #A64856 #85A648

square

#48A698 #6948A6 #A64856 #85A648

split-complementary

#48A698 #A64885 #A66948

monochromatic

#23514A #357B71 #48A698 #6CBFB3 #97D2C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#48A698 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#48A698 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A698

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A698	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A698	1.00	2.92	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.92	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)

#9F9D97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a698;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 166, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.091 182.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c1b6',
    500: '#48a698',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a698;
$custom-light: #84c1b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a698",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.064,
    "s": 39.496,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66474,
    "c": 0.09147,
    "h": 182.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A698

secondary

#BE8C93

accent

#586ACF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A698

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

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