#48A997#48A997

#48A997 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.095 H 179.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A997
RGB	rgb(72, 169, 151)
HSL	hsl(169, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(169, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 0%, 10.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.33, -32.90, 0.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.33, 32.91, 178.71°)
OKLab	oklab(67.19% -0.0952 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(67.19% 0.095 179.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.4439, 31.9858, 34.2633)
Luminance	0.3199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A997 #A9485A

analogous

#48A967 #48A997 #488BA9

triadic

#48A997 #9748A9 #A99748

tetradic

#48A997 #6748A9 #A9485A #8BA948

square

#48A997 #6748A9 #A9485A #8BA948

split-complementary

#48A997 #A9488B #A96748

monochromatic

#23534A #367E71 #48A997 #6DC1B1 #98D3C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#48A997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#48A997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A997

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A997	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A096

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949598

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 169, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.095 179.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c3b5',
    500: '#48a997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a997;
$custom-light: #84c3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.866,
    "s": 40.249,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67191,
    "c": 0.09523,
    "h": 179.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A997

secondary

#BF8D97

accent

#586ED0

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A997

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

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