#48A796#48A796

#48A796 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.093 H 179.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A796
RGB	rgb(72, 167, 150)
HSL	hsl(169, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(169, 57%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 0%, 10.2%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.69, -32.21, 0.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.69, 32.21, 179.35°)
OKLab	oklab(66.66% -0.0934 0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(66.66% 0.093 179.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.9938, 31.2150, 33.7143)
Luminance	0.3122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A796 #A74859

analogous

#48A767 #48A796 #4889A7

triadic

#48A796 #9648A7 #A79648

tetradic

#48A796 #6748A7 #A74859 #89A748

square

#48A796 #6748A7 #A74859 #89A748

split-complementary

#48A796 #A74889 #A76748

monochromatic

#235149 #367C70 #48A796 #6CC0B1 #97D2C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#48A796 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#48A796 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A796

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A796	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A796	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19E95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a796;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 167, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.093 179.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c1b4',
    500: '#48a796',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a796;
$custom-light: #84c1b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a796",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.263,
    "s": 39.749,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66661,
    "c": 0.09344,
    "h": 179.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A796

secondary

#BE8C95

accent

#586ED0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A796

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

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