#48AE91#48AE91

#48AE91 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.105 H 171.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AE91
RGB	rgb(72, 174, 145)
HSL	hsl(163, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(163, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 0%, 16.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.72, -36.72, 6.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.72, 37.22, 170.59°)
OKLab	oklab(68.27% -0.1036 0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(68.27% 0.105 171.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.9170, 33.6919, 32.0780)
Luminance	0.3369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AE91 #AE4865

analogous

#48AE5E #48AE91 #4898AE

triadic

#48AE91 #9148AE #AE9148

tetradic

#48AE91 #5E48AE #AE4865 #98AE48

square

#48AE91 #5E48AE #AE4865 #98AE48

split-complementary

#48AE91 #AE4898 #AE5E48

monochromatic

#245749 #36836D #48AE91 #70C4AC #9BD6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#48AE91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#48AE91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AE91

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AE91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AE91	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A390

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9893

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ae91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 174, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.105 171.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c7b1',
    500: '#48ae91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ae91;
$custom-light: #85c7b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ae91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.941,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68267,
    "c": 0.10473,
    "h": 171.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AE91

secondary

#C2909E

accent

#5779D1

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F5

border

#CBD1CF

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AE91

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

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