#48B19E#48B19E

#48B19E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.101 H 179.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B19E
RGB	rgb(72, 177, 158)
HSL	hsl(169, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(169, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 0%, 10.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.97, -34.85, 0.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.97, 34.85, 178.86°)
OKLab	oklab(69.4% -0.1008 0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(69.4% 0.101 179.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.5634, 35.2881, 37.8579)
Luminance	0.3529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B19E #B1485B

analogous

#48B16A #48B19E #4890B1

triadic

#48B19E #9E48B1 #B19E48

tetradic

#48B19E #6A48B1 #B1485B #90B148

square

#48B19E #6A48B1 #B1485B #90B148

split-complementary

#48B19E #B14890 #B16A48

monochromatic

#255A50 #368577 #48B19E #71C5B6 #9CD7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#48B19E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#48B19E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B19E

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B19E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B19E	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA79D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9BA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b19e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 177, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.101 179.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c9ba',
    500: '#48b19e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b19e;
$custom-light: #86c9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b19e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.143,
    "s": 42.169,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69398,
    "c": 0.10085,
    "h": 179.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B19E

secondary

#C3919A

accent

#566CD2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B19E

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

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