#48A89F#48A89F

#48A89F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.091 H 186.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A89F
RGB	rgb(72, 168, 159)
HSL	hsl(174, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(174, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 0%, 5.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.25, -30.32, -3.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.25, 30.56, 187.25°)
OKLab	oklab(67.2% -0.0904 -0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(67.2% 0.091 186.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.9304, 31.8839, 37.7399)
Luminance	0.3189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A89F #A84851

analogous

#48A86F #48A89F #4881A8

triadic

#48A89F #9F48A8 #A89F48

tetradic

#48A89F #6F48A8 #A84851 #81A848

square

#48A89F #6F48A8 #A84851 #81A848

split-complementary

#48A89F #A84881 #A86F48

monochromatic

#23524E #367D76 #48A89F #6DC0B9 #98D3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#48A89F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#48A89F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A89F

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A89F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A89F	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A09F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9194A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a89f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 168, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.091 186.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c2bb',
    500: '#48a89f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a89f;
$custom-light: #85c2bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a89f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.375,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67197,
    "c": 0.09109,
    "h": 186.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A89F

secondary

#BF8D92

accent

#5863D0

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A89F

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

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