#48A99A#48A99A

#48A99A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.094 H 181.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48A99A
RGBrgb(72, 169, 154)
HSLhsl(171, 40%, 47%)
HSVhsv(171, 57%, 66%)
CMYKcmyk(57.4%, 0%, 8.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LABlab(63.41, -32.12, -0.82)
CIE-LCHlch(63.41, 32.13, 181.45°)
OKLaboklab(67.29% -0.0938 -0.0027)
OKLCHoklch(67.29% 0.094 181.7)
XYZxyz(22.6906, 32.0845, 35.5627)
Luminance0.3209 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48A99A #A94857
analogous
#48A96A #48A99A #4887A9
triadic
#48A99A #9A48A9 #A99A48
tetradic
#48A99A #6A48A9 #A94857 #87A948
square
#48A99A #6A48A9 #A94857 #87A948
split-complementary
#48A99A #A94887 #A96A48
monochromatic
#23534C #367E73 #48A99A #6DC1B4 #98D3CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83
#48A99A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42
#48A99A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A99A
7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48A99A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48A99A1.002.837.427.42
#FFFFFF2.831.0021.0021.00
#0000007.4221.001.001.00
##0000007.4221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A2A099
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#93959B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00ACA4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48a99a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 169, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.094 181.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c3b7',
    500: '#48a99a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48a99a;
$custom-light: #84c3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48a99a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.722,
    "s": 40.249,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67285,
    "c": 0.09388,
    "h": 181.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48A99A
secondary
#BF8D95
accent
#586AD0
background
#F8FCFB
surface
#F0F8F6
border
#CBD1D0
text
#0C1211
muted
#7D8180

Preview Lab

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#48A99A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva