#48A97E#48A97E

#48A97E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.113 H 161.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A97E
RGB	rgb(72, 169, 126)
HSL	hsl(153, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(153, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 0%, 25.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.72, -38.87, 13.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.72, 41.25, 160.47°)
OKLab	oklab(66.5% -0.107 0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(66.5% 0.113 161.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.6245, 31.2581, 24.6811)
Luminance	0.3126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A97E #A94873

analogous

#48A94E #48A97E #48A4A9

triadic

#48A97E #7E48A9 #A97E48

tetradic

#48A97E #4E48A9 #A94873 #A4A948

square

#48A97E #4E48A9 #A94873 #A4A948

split-complementary

#48A97E #A948A4 #A94E48

monochromatic

#23533E #367E5E #48A97E #6DC19C #98D3B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#48A97E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#48A97E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A97E

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A97E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A97E	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79E7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999481

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FA99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a97e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 169, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.113 161.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c3a3',
    500: '#48a97e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a97e;
$custom-light: #83c3a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a97e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.402,
    "s": 40.249,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66497,
    "c": 0.11266,
    "h": 161.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A97E

secondary

#BF8DA4

accent

#588DD0

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F3

border

#CBD1CD

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A97E

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

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