#48AA8A#48AA8A

#48AA8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.104 H 168.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AA8A
RGB	rgb(72, 170, 138)
HSL	hsl(160, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(160, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 18.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.31, -36.58, 7.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.31, 37.43, 167.72°)
OKLab	oklab(67.07% -0.1024 0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(67.07% 0.104 168.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.6325, 31.9601, 29.0687)
Luminance	0.3196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AA8A #AA4868

analogous

#48AA59 #48AA8A #4899AA

triadic

#48AA8A #8A48AA #AA8A48

tetradic

#48AA8A #5948AA #AA4868 #99AA48

square

#48AA8A #5948AA #AA4868 #99AA48

split-complementary

#48AA8A #AA4899 #AA5948

monochromatic

#245444 #367F67 #48AA8A #6EC1A6 #99D4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#48AA8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#48AA8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AA8A

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AA8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AA8A	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69F88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98958C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#10ABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aa8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 170, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.104 168.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c4ac',
    500: '#48aa8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aa8a;
$custom-light: #84c4ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aa8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.408,
    "s": 40.496,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67065,
    "c": 0.10444,
    "h": 168.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AA8A

secondary

#C08E9E

accent

#577FD0

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AA8A

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

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