#48A992#48A992

#48A992 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.098 H 175.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A992
RGB	rgb(72, 169, 146)
HSL	hsl(166, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(166, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 0%, 13.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.20, -34.17, 3.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.20, 34.33, 174.41°)
OKLab	oklab(67.04% -0.0975 0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(67.04% 0.098 175.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.0464, 31.8268, 32.1699)
Luminance	0.3183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A992 #A9485F

analogous

#48A961 #48A992 #4890A9

triadic

#48A992 #9248A9 #A99248

tetradic

#48A992 #6148A9 #A9485F #90A948

square

#48A992 #6148A9 #A9485F #90A948

split-complementary

#48A992 #A94890 #A96148

monochromatic

#235348 #367E6D #48A992 #6DC1AD #98D3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#48A992 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#48A992 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A992

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A992	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A992	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959594

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a992;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 169, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.098 175.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c3b1',
    500: '#48a992',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a992;
$custom-light: #84c3b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a992",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.773,
    "s": 40.249,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67041,
    "c": 0.09791,
    "h": 175.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A992

secondary

#BF8D99

accent

#5874D0

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F5

border

#CBD1CF

text

#0C1210

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A992

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

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