#48A699#48A699

#48A699 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.091 H 183.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A699
RGB	rgb(72, 166, 153)
HSL	hsl(172, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(172, 57%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 0%, 7.8%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.46, -30.95, -1.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.46, 30.99, 183.04°)
OKLab	oklab(66.51% -0.0909 -0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(66.51% 0.091 183.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.0559, 30.9479, 34.9420)
Luminance	0.3095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A699 #A64855

analogous

#48A66A #48A699 #4884A6

triadic

#48A699 #9948A6 #A69948

tetradic

#48A699 #6A48A6 #A64855 #84A648

square

#48A699 #6A48A6 #A64855 #84A648

split-complementary

#48A699 #A64884 #A66A48

monochromatic

#23514A #357B72 #48A699 #6CBFB4 #97D2CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#48A699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#48A699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A699

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A699	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9D99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90939A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 166, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.091 183.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c1b7',
    500: '#48a699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a699;
$custom-light: #84c1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.702,
    "s": 39.496,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66506,
    "c": 0.09107,
    "h": 183.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A699

secondary

#BE8C93

accent

#5869CF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A699

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

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