#48A896#48A896

#48A896 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.095 H 179.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A896
RGB	rgb(72, 168, 150)
HSL	hsl(169, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(169, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 0%, 10.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.00, -32.68, 0.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.00, 32.69, 178.57°)
OKLab	oklab(66.91% -0.0946 0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(66.91% 0.095 179)
XYZ	xyz(22.1777, 31.5828, 33.7756)
Luminance	0.3159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A896 #A8485A

analogous

#48A866 #48A896 #488AA8

triadic

#48A896 #9648A8 #A89648

tetradic

#48A896 #6648A8 #A8485A #8AA848

square

#48A896 #6648A8 #A8485A #8AA848

split-complementary

#48A896 #A8488A #A86648

monochromatic

#23524A #367D70 #48A896 #6DC0B1 #98D3C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#48A896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#48A896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A896

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A896	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29F95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939497

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 168, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.095 179.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c2b4',
    500: '#48a896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a896;
$custom-light: #84c2b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.75,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66911,
    "c": 0.09457,
    "h": 179
  },
  "luminance": 0.31585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A896

secondary

#BF8D96

accent

#586ED0

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A896

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

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