#48A98D#48A98D

#48A98D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.101 H 171.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A98D
RGB	rgb(72, 169, 141)
HSL	hsl(163, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(163, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 0%, 16.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.07, -35.40, 5.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.07, 35.90, 170.46°)
OKLab	oklab(66.9% -0.0999 0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(66.9% 0.101 171.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.6659, 31.6746, 30.1662)
Luminance	0.3168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A98D #A94864

analogous

#48A95C #48A98D #4895A9

triadic

#48A98D #8D48A9 #A98D48

tetradic

#48A98D #5C48A9 #A94864 #95A948

square

#48A98D #5C48A9 #A94864 #95A948

split-complementary

#48A98D #A94895 #A95C48

monochromatic

#235345 #367E69 #48A98D #6DC1A9 #98D3C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#48A98D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#48A98D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A98D

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A98D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A98D	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)

#A49F8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96948F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0BAAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a98d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 169, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.101 171.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c3ae',
    500: '#48a98d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a98d;
$custom-light: #84c3ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a98d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.68,
    "s": 40.249,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66896,
    "c": 0.10104,
    "h": 171.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A98D

secondary

#BF8D9C

accent

#587AD0

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1210

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A98D

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

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