#48AE99#48AE99

#48AE99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.100 H 177.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AE99
RGB	rgb(72, 174, 153)
HSL	hsl(168, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(168, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 0%, 12.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.92, -34.73, 1.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.92, 34.78, 176.80°)
OKLab	oklab(68.5% -0.0998 0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(68.5% 0.1 177.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.5557, 33.9474, 35.4419)
Luminance	0.3395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AE99 #AE485D

analogous

#48AE66 #48AE99 #4890AE

triadic

#48AE99 #9948AE #AE9948

tetradic

#48AE99 #6648AE #AE485D #90AE48

square

#48AE99 #6648AE #AE485D #90AE48

split-complementary

#48AE99 #AE4890 #AE6648

monochromatic

#24574D #368373 #48AE99 #70C4B2 #9BD6C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#48AE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#48AE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AE99

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AE99	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A498

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98999B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ae99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 174, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.100 177.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c6b7',
    500: '#48ae99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ae99;
$custom-light: #85c6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ae99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.647,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.685,
    "c": 0.09996,
    "h": 177.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AE99

secondary

#C2909A

accent

#5770D1

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AE99

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

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