#48A98E#48A98E

#48A98E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.100 H 172.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A98E
RGB	rgb(72, 169, 142)
HSL	hsl(163, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(163, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 0%, 16%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.10, -35.16, 5.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.10, 35.57, 171.22°)
OKLab	oklab(66.93% -0.0994 0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(66.93% 0.1 172.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.7407, 31.7045, 30.5598)
Luminance	0.3171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A98E #A94863

analogous

#48A95E #48A98E #4894A9

triadic

#48A98E #8E48A9 #A98E48

tetradic

#48A98E #5E48A9 #A94863 #94A948

square

#48A98E #5E48A9 #A94863 #94A948

split-complementary

#48A98E #A94894 #A95E48

monochromatic

#235346 #367E6A #48A98E #6DC1AA #98D3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#48A98E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#48A98E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A98E

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A98E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A98E	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)

#A49F8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969490

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#08AAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a98e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 169, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.100 172.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c3af',
    500: '#48a98e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a98e;
$custom-light: #84c3af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a98e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.299,
    "s": 40.249,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66925,
    "c": 0.10037,
    "h": 172.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A98E

secondary

#BF8D9B

accent

#5879D0

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1210

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A98E

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

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