#48B596#48B596

#48B596 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.110 H 171.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B596
RGB	rgb(72, 181, 150)
HSL	hsl(163, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(163, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 0%, 17.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.99, -38.67, 6.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.99, 39.23, 170.32°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% -0.1089 0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.11 171.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.6987, 36.6250, 34.6159)
Luminance	0.3663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B596 #B54867

analogous

#48B560 #48B596 #489EB5

triadic

#48B596 #9648B5 #B59648

tetradic

#48B596 #6048B5 #B54867 #9EB548

square

#48B596 #6048B5 #B54867 #9EB548

split-complementary

#48B596 #B5489E #B56048

monochromatic

#255D4D #378972 #48B596 #73C7AF #9FD9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#48B596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#48B596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B596

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B596	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AA95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09E98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 181, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.110 171.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ccb4',
    500: '#48b596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b596;
$custom-light: #86ccb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.936,
    "s": 43.083,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70163,
    "c": 0.11021,
    "h": 171.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B596

secondary

#C593A2

accent

#5579D3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B596

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

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