#48A99D#48A99D

#48A99D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.093 H 184.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A99D
RGB	rgb(72, 169, 157)
HSL	hsl(173, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(173, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 0%, 7.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.50, -31.33, -2.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.50, 31.42, 184.33°)
OKLab	oklab(67.38% -0.0925 -0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(67.38% 0.093 184.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.9436, 32.1857, 36.8951)
Luminance	0.3219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A99D #A94854

analogous

#48A96C #48A99D #4885A9

triadic

#48A99D #9D48A9 #A99D48

tetradic

#48A99D #6C48A9 #A94854 #85A948

square

#48A99D #6C48A9 #A94854 #85A948

split-complementary

#48A99D #A94885 #A96C48

monochromatic

#23534D #367E75 #48A99D #6DC1B7 #98D3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#48A99D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#48A99D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A99D

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A99D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A99D	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A09D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92959E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 169, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.093 184.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c3b9',
    500: '#48a99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a99d;
$custom-light: #85c3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.577,
    "s": 40.249,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6738,
    "c": 0.09273,
    "h": 184.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A99D

secondary

#BF8D94

accent

#5867D0

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A99D

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

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