#48B39E#48B39E

#48B39E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.103 H 178.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B39E
RGB	rgb(72, 179, 158)
HSL	hsl(168, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(168, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 0%, 11.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.58, -35.77, 1.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.58, 35.81, 177.46°)
OKLab	oklab(69.9% -0.103 0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(69.9% 0.103 178)
XYZ	xyz(24.9613, 36.0840, 37.9906)
Luminance	0.3609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B39E #B3485D

analogous

#48B369 #48B39E #4893B3

triadic

#48B39E #9E48B3 #B39E48

tetradic

#48B39E #6948B3 #B3485D #93B348

square

#48B39E #6948B3 #B3485D #93B348

split-complementary

#48B39E #B34893 #B36948

monochromatic

#255C51 #368777 #48B39E #72C6B6 #9ED8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#48B39E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#48B39E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B39E

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B39E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B39E	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA99D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9DA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b39e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 179, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.103 178.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86caba',
    500: '#48b39e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b39e;
$custom-light: #86caba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b39e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.224,
    "s": 42.629,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69895,
    "c": 0.10308,
    "h": 178
  },
  "luminance": 0.36087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B39E

secondary

#C4929C

accent

#556ED2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B39E

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

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