#48A893#48A893

#48A893 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.096 H 176.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A893
RGB	rgb(72, 168, 147)
HSL	hsl(167, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(167, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 0%, 12.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.92, -33.45, 2.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.92, 33.53, 175.94°)
OKLab	oklab(66.82% -0.096 0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(66.82% 0.096 176.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.9392, 31.4874, 32.5196)
Luminance	0.3149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A893 #A8485D

analogous

#48A863 #48A893 #488DA8

triadic

#48A893 #9348A8 #A89348

tetradic

#48A893 #6348A8 #A8485D #8DA848

square

#48A893 #6348A8 #A8485D #8DA848

split-complementary

#48A893 #A8488D #A86348

monochromatic

#235248 #367D6E #48A893 #6DC0AE #98D3C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#48A893 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#48A893 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A893

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A893	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A893	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)

#A29E92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949495

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a893;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 168, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.096 176.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c2b2',
    500: '#48a893',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a893;
$custom-light: #84c2b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a893",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.875,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6682,
    "c": 0.09613,
    "h": 176.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A893

secondary

#BF8D98

accent

#5872D0

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F5

border

#CBD1CF

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A893

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

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