#48A89C#48A89C

#48A89C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.092 H 184.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A89C
RGB	rgb(72, 168, 156)
HSL	hsl(173, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(173, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 0%, 7.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.16, -31.12, -2.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.16, 31.20, 184.23°)
OKLab	oklab(67.1% -0.0918 -0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(67.1% 0.092 184.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.6732, 31.7811, 36.3855)
Luminance	0.3178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A89C #A84854

analogous

#48A86C #48A89C #4884A8

triadic

#48A89C #9C48A8 #A89C48

tetradic

#48A89C #6C48A8 #A84854 #84A848

square

#48A89C #6C48A8 #A84854 #84A848

split-complementary

#48A89C #A84884 #A86C48

monochromatic

#23524C #367D74 #48A89C #6DC0B6 #98D3CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#48A89C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#48A89C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A89C

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A89C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A89C	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09F9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91949D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a89c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 168, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.092 184.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c2b9',
    500: '#48a89c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a89c;
$custom-light: #84c2b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a89c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67099,
    "c": 0.09205,
    "h": 184.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A89C

secondary

#BF8D93

accent

#5867D0

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A89C

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

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