#48A99B#48A99B

#48A99B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.093 H 182.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A99B
RGB	rgb(72, 169, 155)
HSL	hsl(171, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(171, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 0%, 8.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.44, -31.86, -1.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.44, 31.89, 182.40°)
OKLab	oklab(67.32% -0.0934 -0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(67.32% 0.093 182.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.7742, 32.1180, 36.0032)
Luminance	0.3212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A99B #A94856

analogous

#48A96A #48A99B #4887A9

triadic

#48A99B #9B48A9 #A99B48

tetradic

#48A99B #6A48A9 #A94856 #87A948

square

#48A99B #6A48A9 #A94856 #87A948

split-complementary

#48A99B #A94887 #A96A48

monochromatic

#23534C #367E74 #48A99B #6DC1B5 #98D3CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#48A99B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#48A99B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A99B

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A99B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A99B	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A09B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93959C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a99b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 169, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.093 182.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c3b8',
    500: '#48a99b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a99b;
$custom-light: #84c3b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a99b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.34,
    "s": 40.249,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67316,
    "c": 0.09347,
    "h": 182.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A99B

secondary

#BF8D95

accent

#5869D0

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A99B

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

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