#48B19D#48B19D

#48B19D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.101 H 178.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B19D
RGB	rgb(72, 177, 157)
HSL	hsl(169, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(169, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 0%, 11.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.95, -35.10, 1.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.95, 35.12, 178.02°)
OKLab	oklab(69.37% -0.1013 0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(69.37% 0.101 178.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.4776, 35.2538, 37.4064)
Luminance	0.3526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B19D #B1485C

analogous

#48B169 #48B19D #4891B1

triadic

#48B19D #9D48B1 #B19D48

tetradic

#48B19D #6948B1 #B1485C #91B148

square

#48B19D #6948B1 #B1485C #91B148

split-complementary

#48B19D #B14891 #B16948

monochromatic

#255A50 #368576 #48B19D #71C5B5 #9CD7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#48B19D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#48B19D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B19D

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B19D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B19D	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA79C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9B9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b19d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 177, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.101 178.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c9b9',
    500: '#48b19d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b19d;
$custom-light: #86c9b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b19d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.571,
    "s": 42.169,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69368,
    "c": 0.10133,
    "h": 178.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B19D

secondary

#C3919B

accent

#566DD2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B19D

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

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