#48B299#48B299

#48B299 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.105 H 174.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B299
RGB	rgb(72, 178, 153)
HSL	hsl(166, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(166, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 0%, 14%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.15, -36.57, 3.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.15, 36.76, 174.19°)
OKLab	oklab(69.5% -0.1042 0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(69.5% 0.105 174.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.3400, 35.5160, 35.7034)
Luminance	0.3552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B299 #B24861

analogous

#48B264 #48B299 #4896B2

triadic

#48B299 #9948B2 #B29948

tetradic

#48B299 #6448B2 #B24861 #96B248

square

#48B299 #6448B2 #B24861 #96B248

split-complementary

#48B299 #B24896 #B26448

monochromatic

#255B4E #368674 #48B299 #71C6B2 #9DD7CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#48B299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#48B299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B299

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B299	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA898

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9C9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 178, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.105 174.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c9b7',
    500: '#48b299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b299;
$custom-light: #85c9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.849,
    "s": 42.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69498,
    "c": 0.10466,
    "h": 174.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B299

secondary

#C4929E

accent

#5673D2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B299

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

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