#48B196#48B196

#48B196 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.105 H 173.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B196
RGB	rgb(72, 177, 150)
HSL	hsl(165, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(165, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 0%, 15.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.77, -36.86, 4.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.77, 37.17, 172.54°)
OKLab	oklab(69.16% -0.1045 0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(69.16% 0.105 173.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.8971, 35.0216, 34.3487)
Luminance	0.3502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B196 #B14863

analogous

#48B161 #48B196 #4898B1

triadic

#48B196 #9648B1 #B19648

tetradic

#48B196 #6148B1 #B14863 #98B148

square

#48B196 #6148B1 #B14863 #98B148

split-complementary

#48B196 #B14898 #B16148

monochromatic

#255A4C #368571 #48B196 #71C5B0 #9CD7C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#48B196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#48B196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B196

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B196	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA695

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9B98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 177, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.105 173.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c9b4',
    500: '#48b196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b196;
$custom-light: #85c9b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.571,
    "s": 42.169,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69162,
    "c": 0.10526,
    "h": 173.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B196

secondary

#C3919E

accent

#5676D2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B196

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

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