#48A79E#48A79E

#48A79E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.090 H 186.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A79E
RGB	rgb(72, 167, 158)
HSL	hsl(174, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(174, 57%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 0%, 5.4%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.91, -30.10, -3.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.91, 30.34, 187.18°)
OKLab	oklab(66.92% -0.0898 -0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(66.92% 0.09 186.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.6601, 31.4815, 37.2235)
Luminance	0.3148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A79E #A74851

analogous

#48A76F #48A79E #4881A7

triadic

#48A79E #9E48A7 #A79E48

tetradic

#48A79E #6F48A7 #A74851 #81A748

square

#48A79E #6F48A7 #A74851 #81A748

split-complementary

#48A79E #A74881 #A76F48

monochromatic

#23514D #367C76 #48A79E #6CC0B8 #97D2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#48A79E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#48A79E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A79E

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A79E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A79E	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9F9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90949F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a79e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 167, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.090 186.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c1ba',
    500: '#48a79e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a79e;
$custom-light: #84c1ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a79e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.316,
    "s": 39.749,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66916,
    "c": 0.09042,
    "h": 186.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A79E

secondary

#BE8C91

accent

#5863D0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A79E

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

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