#48A99E#48A99E

#48A99E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.092 H 185.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A99E
RGB	rgb(72, 169, 158)
HSL	hsl(173, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(173, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 0%, 6.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.52, -31.07, -2.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.52, 31.20, 185.31°)
OKLab	oklab(67.41% -0.092 -0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(67.41% 0.092 185.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.0293, 32.2200, 37.3466)
Luminance	0.3222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A99E #A94853

analogous

#48A96E #48A99E #4884A9

triadic

#48A99E #9E48A9 #A99E48

tetradic

#48A99E #6E48A9 #A94853 #84A948

square

#48A99E #6E48A9 #A94853 #84A948

split-complementary

#48A99E #A94884 #A96E48

monochromatic

#23534E #367E76 #48A99E #6DC1B7 #98D3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#48A99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#48A99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A99E

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A99E	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)

#A1A09E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92959F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 169, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.092 185.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c3ba',
    500: '#48a99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a99e;
$custom-light: #85c3ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.196,
    "s": 40.249,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67412,
    "c": 0.09238,
    "h": 185.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A99E

secondary

#BF8D93

accent

#5865D0

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A99E

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

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