#48B49D#48B49D

#48B49D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.105 H 176.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B49D
RGB	rgb(72, 180, 157)
HSL	hsl(167, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(167, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 12.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.86, -36.49, 2.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.86, 36.57, 176.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.11% -0.1046 0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(70.11% 0.105 176.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.0767, 36.4520, 37.6061)
Luminance	0.3645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B49D #B4485F

analogous

#48B467 #48B49D #4895B4

triadic

#48B49D #9D48B4 #B49D48

tetradic

#48B49D #6748B4 #B4485F #95B448

square

#48B49D #6748B4 #B4485F #95B448

split-complementary

#48B49D #B44895 #B46748

monochromatic

#255D51 #378877 #48B49D #72C7B5 #9ED8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#48B49D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#48B49D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B49D

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B49D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B49D	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAA9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9E9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b49d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 180, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.105 176.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cbb9',
    500: '#48b49d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b49d;
$custom-light: #86cbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b49d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.222,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70114,
    "c": 0.10475,
    "h": 176.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B49D

secondary

#C5939E

accent

#5570D3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B49D

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

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