#48A998#48A998

#48A998 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.095 H 180.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A998
RGB	rgb(72, 169, 152)
HSL	hsl(169, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(169, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 0%, 10.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.36, -32.64, 0.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.36, 32.64, 179.61°)
OKLab	oklab(67.22% -0.0948 0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(67.22% 0.095 180)
XYZ	xyz(22.5254, 32.0184, 34.6928)
Luminance	0.3202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A998 #A94859

analogous

#48A968 #48A998 #4889A9

triadic

#48A998 #9848A9 #A99848

tetradic

#48A998 #6848A9 #A94859 #89A948

square

#48A998 #6848A9 #A94859 #89A948

split-complementary

#48A998 #A94889 #A96848

monochromatic

#23534B #367E71 #48A998 #6DC1B2 #98D3C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#48A998 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#48A998 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A998

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A998	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A998	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)

#A2A097

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a998;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 169, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.095 180.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c3b6',
    500: '#48a998',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a998;
$custom-light: #84c3b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a998",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.485,
    "s": 40.249,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67222,
    "c": 0.09476,
    "h": 180
  },
  "luminance": 0.32021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A998

secondary

#BF8D96

accent

#586DD0

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A998

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

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