#48B49E#48B49E

#48B49E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.104 H 177.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B49E
RGB	rgb(72, 180, 158)
HSL	hsl(168, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(168, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 12.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.89, -36.23, 2.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.89, 36.29, 176.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.14% -0.1041 0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(70.14% 0.104 177.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.1624, 36.4863, 38.0576)
Luminance	0.3649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B49E #B4485E

analogous

#48B468 #48B49E #4894B4

triadic

#48B49E #9E48B4 #B49E48

tetradic

#48B49E #6848B4 #B4485E #94B448

square

#48B49E #6848B4 #B4485E #94B448

split-complementary

#48B49E #B44894 #B46848

monochromatic

#255D51 #378878 #48B49E #72C7B6 #9ED8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#48B49E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#48B49E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B49E

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B49E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B49E	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADAA9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9EA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b49e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 180, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.104 177.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cbba',
    500: '#48b49e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b49e;
$custom-light: #86cbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b49e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.778,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70144,
    "c": 0.10422,
    "h": 177.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B49E

secondary

#C5939D

accent

#556FD3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B49E

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

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