#48A69A#48A69A

#48A69A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.091 H 184.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A69A
RGB	rgb(72, 166, 154)
HSL	hsl(172, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(172, 57%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 0%, 7.2%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.49, -30.69, -2.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.49, 30.76, 184.04°)
OKLab	oklab(66.54% -0.0905 -0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(66.54% 0.091 184)
XYZ	xyz(22.1389, 30.9811, 35.3788)
Luminance	0.3098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A69A #A64854

analogous

#48A66B #48A69A #4883A6

triadic

#48A69A #9A48A6 #A69A48

tetradic

#48A69A #6B48A6 #A64854 #83A648

square

#48A69A #6B48A6 #A64854 #83A648

split-complementary

#48A69A #A64883 #A66B48

monochromatic

#23514B #357B72 #48A69A #6CBFB5 #97D2CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#48A69A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#48A69A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A69A

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A69A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A69A	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9D9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90939B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a69a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 166, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.091 184.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c1b7',
    500: '#48a69a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a69a;
$custom-light: #84c1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a69a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.34,
    "s": 39.496,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66538,
    "c": 0.0907,
    "h": 184
  },
  "luminance": 0.30983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A69A

secondary

#BE8C92

accent

#5868CF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A69A

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

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