#48B29F#48B29F

#48B29F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.101 H 179.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B29F
RGB	rgb(72, 178, 159)
HSL	hsl(169, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(169, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 0%, 10.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.30, -35.05, 0.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.30, 35.06, 178.98°)
OKLab	oklab(69.68% -0.1015 0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(69.68% 0.101 179.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.8480, 35.7192, 38.3792)
Luminance	0.3572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B29F #B2485B

analogous

#48B26A #48B29F #4890B2

triadic

#48B29F #9F48B2 #B29F48

tetradic

#48B29F #6A48B2 #B2485B #90B248

square

#48B29F #6A48B2 #B2485B #90B248

split-complementary

#48B29F #B24890 #B26A48

monochromatic

#255B51 #368678 #48B29F #71C6B7 #9DD7CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#48B29F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#48B29F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B29F

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B29F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B29F	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA89E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9CA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b29f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 178, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.101 179.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c9bb',
    500: '#48b29f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b29f;
$custom-light: #86c9bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b29f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.245,
    "s": 42.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69677,
    "c": 0.10148,
    "h": 179.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B29F

secondary

#C4929B

accent

#566CD2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B29F

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

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