#48AB9D#48AB9D

#48AB9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.095 H 182.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AB9D
RGB	rgb(72, 171, 157)
HSL	hsl(172, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(172, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 0%, 8.2%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.11, -32.29, -1.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.11, 32.32, 182.61°)
OKLab	oklab(67.88% -0.0947 -0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(67.88% 0.095 182.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.3185, 32.9355, 37.0201)
Luminance	0.3294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AB9D #AB4856

analogous

#48AB6B #48AB9D #4888AB

triadic

#48AB9D #9D48AB #AB9D48

tetradic

#48AB9D #6B48AB #AB4856 #88AB48

square

#48AB9D #6B48AB #AB4856 #88AB48

split-complementary

#48AB9D #AB4888 #AB6B48

monochromatic

#24554E #368075 #48AB9D #6EC2B6 #99D4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#48AB9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#48AB9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AB9D

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AB9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AB9D	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A29D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94979E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ab9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 171, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.095 182.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c4b9',
    500: '#48ab9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ab9d;
$custom-light: #85c4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ab9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.515,
    "s": 40.741,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67877,
    "c": 0.0948,
    "h": 182.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AB9D

secondary

#C08E95

accent

#5768D1

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AB9D

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

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