#48A89A#48A89A

#48A89A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.093 H 182.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A89A
RGB	rgb(72, 168, 154)
HSL	hsl(171, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(171, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 0%, 8.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.11, -31.65, -1.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.11, 31.67, 182.29°)
OKLab	oklab(67.04% -0.0927 -0.0039)
OKLCH	oklch(67.04% 0.093 182.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.5053, 31.7139, 35.5010)
Luminance	0.3172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A89A #A84856

analogous

#48A86A #48A89A #4886A8

triadic

#48A89A #9A48A8 #A89A48

tetradic

#48A89A #6A48A8 #A84856 #86A848

square

#48A89A #6A48A8 #A84856 #86A848

split-complementary

#48A89A #A84886 #A86A48

monochromatic

#23524B #367D73 #48A89A #6DC0B4 #98D3CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#48A89A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#48A89A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A89A

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A89A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A89A	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19F9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92949B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a89a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 168, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.093 182.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c2b7',
    500: '#48a89a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a89a;
$custom-light: #84c2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a89a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.25,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67036,
    "c": 0.0928,
    "h": 182.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A89A

secondary

#BF8D94

accent

#5869D0

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A89A

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

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