#48AE94#48AE94

#48AE94 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.103 H 173.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AE94
RGB	rgb(72, 174, 148)
HSL	hsl(165, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(165, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 0%, 14.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.79, -35.98, 4.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.79, 36.27, 172.82°)
OKLab	oklab(68.35% -0.1022 0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(68.35% 0.103 173.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.1513, 33.7856, 33.3124)
Luminance	0.3379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AE94 #AE4862

analogous

#48AE61 #48AE94 #4895AE

triadic

#48AE94 #9448AE #AE9448

tetradic

#48AE94 #6148AE #AE4862 #95AE48

square

#48AE94 #6148AE #AE4862 #95AE48

split-complementary

#48AE94 #AE4895 #AE6148

monochromatic

#24574A #36836F #48AE94 #70C4AE #9BD6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#48AE94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#48AE94 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AE94

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AE94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AE94	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A493

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999996

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ae94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 174, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.103 173.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c7b3',
    500: '#48ae94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ae94;
$custom-light: #85c7b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ae94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.706,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68353,
    "c": 0.10282,
    "h": 173.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AE94

secondary

#C2909D

accent

#5776D1

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AE94

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

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