#48A69D#48A69D

#48A69D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.090 H 186.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A69D
RGB	rgb(72, 166, 157)
HSL	hsl(174, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(174, 57%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 0%, 5.4%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.58, -29.89, -3.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.58, 30.12, 187.10°)
OKLab	oklab(66.64% -0.0891 -0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(66.64% 0.09 186.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.3919, 31.0823, 36.7112)
Luminance	0.3108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A69D #A64851

analogous

#48A66E #48A69D #4880A6

triadic

#48A69D #9D48A6 #A69D48

tetradic

#48A69D #6E48A6 #A64851 #80A648

square

#48A69D #6E48A6 #A64851 #80A648

split-complementary

#48A69D #A64880 #A66E48

monochromatic

#23514C #357B75 #48A69D #6CBFB7 #97D2CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#48A69D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#48A69D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A69D

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A69D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A69D	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9E9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F939E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a69d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 166, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.090 186.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c1b9',
    500: '#48a69d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a69d;
$custom-light: #84c1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a69d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.255,
    "s": 39.496,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66635,
    "c": 0.08974,
    "h": 186.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A69D

secondary

#BE8C91

accent

#5864CF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A69D

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

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