#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
RGBrgb(72, 168, 154)
HSLhsl(171, 40%, 47%)
HSVhsv(171, 57%, 66%)
CMYKcmyk(57.1%, 0%, 8.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LABlab(63.11, -31.65, -1.27)
CIE-LCHlch(63.11, 31.67, 182.29°)
OKLaboklab(67.04% -0.0927 -0.0039)
OKLCHoklch(67.04% 0.093 182.4)
XYZxyz(22.5053, 31.7139, 35.5010)
Luminance0.3172 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##48A89A1.002.867.347.34
#FFFFFF2.861.0021.0021.00
#0000007.3421.001.001.00
##0000007.3421.001.001.00

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

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#48A89A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva