#48B39B#48B39B

#48B39B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.105 H 175.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B39B
RGB	rgb(72, 179, 155)
HSL	hsl(167, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(167, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 0%, 13.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.51, -36.53, 3.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.51, 36.66, 175.10°)
OKLab	oklab(69.81% -0.1044 0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(69.81% 0.105 175.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.7062, 35.9820, 36.6472)
Luminance	0.3598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B39B #B34860

analogous

#48B366 #48B39B #4896B3

triadic

#48B39B #9B48B3 #B39B48

tetradic

#48B39B #6648B3 #B34860 #96B348

square

#48B39B #6648B3 #B34860 #96B348

split-complementary

#48B39B #B34896 #B36648

monochromatic

#255C4F #368775 #48B39B #72C6B3 #9ED8CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#48B39B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#48B39B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B39B

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B39B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B39B	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA99A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9D9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b39b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 179, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.105 175.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cab8',
    500: '#48b39b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b39b;
$custom-light: #86cab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b39b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.542,
    "s": 42.629,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69806,
    "c": 0.1047,
    "h": 175.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B39B

secondary

#C4929E

accent

#5571D2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B39B

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

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