#48A79D#48A79D

#48A79D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.091 H 185.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A79D
RGB	rgb(72, 167, 157)
HSL	hsl(174, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(174, 57%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 0%, 6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.88, -30.37, -3.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.88, 30.55, 186.15°)
OKLab	oklab(66.88% -0.0902 -0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(66.88% 0.091 185.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.5743, 31.4473, 36.7720)
Luminance	0.3145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A79D #A74852

analogous

#48A76E #48A79D #4882A7

triadic

#48A79D #9D48A7 #A79D48

tetradic

#48A79D #6E48A7 #A74852 #82A748

square

#48A79D #6E48A7 #A74852 #82A748

split-complementary

#48A79D #A74882 #A76E48

monochromatic

#23514D #367C75 #48A79D #6CC0B7 #97D2CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#48A79D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#48A79D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A79D

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A79D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A79D	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9F9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90949E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a79d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 167, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.091 185.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c1b9',
    500: '#48a79d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a79d;
$custom-light: #84c1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a79d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.684,
    "s": 39.749,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66884,
    "c": 0.09071,
    "h": 185.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A79D

secondary

#BE8C92

accent

#5865D0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A79D

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

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