#48B49F#48B49F

#48B49F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.104 H 178.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B49F
RGB	rgb(72, 180, 159)
HSL	hsl(168, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(168, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 11.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.92, -35.98, 1.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.92, 36.01, 177.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% -0.1036 0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.104 178.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.2489, 36.5209, 38.5128)
Luminance	0.3652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B49F #B4485D

analogous

#48B469 #48B49F #4893B4

triadic

#48B49F #9F48B4 #B49F48

tetradic

#48B49F #6948B4 #B4485D #93B448

square

#48B49F #6948B4 #B4485D #93B448

split-complementary

#48B49F #B44893 #B46948

monochromatic

#255D52 #378878 #48B49F #72C7B6 #9ED8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#48B49F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#48B49F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B49F

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B49F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B49F	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)

#ADAA9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9EA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b49f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 180, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.104 178.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cbbb',
    500: '#48b49f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b49f;
$custom-light: #86cbbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b49f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.333,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70174,
    "c": 0.10371,
    "h": 178.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B49F

secondary

#C5939D

accent

#556ED3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B49F

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

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