#48AE86#48AE86

#48AE86 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.113 H 164.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48AE86
RGBrgb(72, 174, 134)
HSLhsl(156, 41%, 48%)
HSVhsv(156, 59%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(58.6%, 0%, 23%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(64.46, -39.30, 11.80)
CIE-LCHlch(64.46, 41.03, 163.28°)
OKLaboklab(67.97% -0.1088 0.0302)
OKLCHoklch(67.97% 0.113 164.5)
XYZxyz(22.1095, 33.3689, 27.8253)
Luminance0.3337 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48AE86 #AE4870
analogous
#48AE53 #48AE86 #48A3AE
triadic
#48AE86 #8648AE #AE8648
tetradic
#48AE86 #5348AE #AE4870 #A3AE48
square
#48AE86 #5348AE #AE4870 #A3AE48
split-complementary
#48AE86 #AE48A3 #AE5348
monochromatic
#245743 #368365 #48AE86 #70C4A3 #9BD6BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74
#48AE86 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67
#48AE86 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AE86
7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48AE86#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48AE861.002.747.677.67
#FFFFFF2.741.0021.0021.00
#0000007.6721.001.001.00
##0000007.6721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ABA384
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9C9889
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#12AEA3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48ae86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 174, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.113 164.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c7a9',
    500: '#48ae86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48ae86;
$custom-light: #84c7a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48ae86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.471,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67971,
    "c": 0.1129,
    "h": 164.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48AE86
secondary
#C290A4
accent
#5787D1
background
#F8FCFA
surface
#F0F8F4
border
#CBD1CE
text
#0C130F
muted
#7D827F

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#48AE86 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva