#48A889#48A889

#48A889 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.103 H 169.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A889
RGB	rgb(72, 168, 137)
HSL	hsl(161, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(161, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 0%, 18.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.67, -35.90, 7.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.67, 36.70, 168.05°)
OKLab	oklab(66.53% -0.1007 0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(66.53% 0.103 169.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.1883, 31.1871, 28.5652)
Luminance	0.3119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A889 #A84867

analogous

#48A859 #48A889 #4897A8

triadic

#48A889 #8948A8 #A88948

tetradic

#48A889 #5948A8 #A84867 #97A848

square

#48A889 #5948A8 #A84867 #97A848

split-complementary

#48A889 #A84897 #A85948

monochromatic

#235243 #367D66 #48A889 #6DC0A5 #98D3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#48A889 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#48A889 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A889

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A889	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A889	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)

#A49E87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96938B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13A99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a889;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 168, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.103 169.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c2ab',
    500: '#48a889',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a889;
$custom-light: #84c2ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a889",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.625,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66532,
    "c": 0.10252,
    "h": 169.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A889

secondary

#BF8D9D

accent

#587FD0

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A889

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

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