#48B199#48B199

#48B199 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.103 H 175.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B199
RGB	rgb(72, 177, 153)
HSL	hsl(166, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(166, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 0%, 13.6%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.84, -36.12, 3.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.84, 36.26, 174.82°)
OKLab	oklab(69.25% -0.1031 0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(69.25% 0.103 175.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.1417, 35.1195, 35.6373)
Luminance	0.3512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B199 #B14860

analogous

#48B165 #48B199 #4895B1

triadic

#48B199 #9948B1 #B19948

tetradic

#48B199 #6548B1 #B14860 #95B148

square

#48B199 #6548B1 #B14860 #95B148

split-complementary

#48B199 #B14895 #B16548

monochromatic

#255A4E #368573 #48B199 #71C5B2 #9CD7CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#48B199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#48B199 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B199

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B199	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA798

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 177, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.103 175.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c9b7',
    500: '#48b199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b199;
$custom-light: #85c9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.286,
    "s": 42.169,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69249,
    "c": 0.10347,
    "h": 175.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B199

secondary

#C3919D

accent

#5672D2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B199

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

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