#48B09B#48B09B

#48B09B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.101 H 177.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B09B
RGB	rgb(72, 176, 155)
HSL	hsl(168, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(168, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 0%, 11.9%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.59, -35.15, 1.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.59, 35.20, 177.07°)
OKLab	oklab(69.06% -0.1011 0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(69.06% 0.101 177.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.1115, 34.7925, 36.4489)
Luminance	0.3479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B09B #B0485D

analogous

#48B067 #48B09B #4891B0

triadic

#48B09B #9B48B0 #B09B48

tetradic

#48B09B #6748B0 #B0485D #91B048

square

#48B09B #6748B0 #B0485D #91B048

split-complementary

#48B09B #B04891 #B06748

monochromatic

#24594E #368575 #48B09B #70C5B4 #9CD6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#48B09B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#48B09B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B09B

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B09B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B09B	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA69A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b09b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 176, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.101 177.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c8b8',
    500: '#48b09b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b09b;
$custom-light: #85c8b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b09b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.885,
    "s": 41.935,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69059,
    "c": 0.10122,
    "h": 177.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B09B

secondary

#C3919B

accent

#566FD2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B09B

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

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