#48B693#48B693

#48B693 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.114 H 168.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B693
RGB	rgb(72, 182, 147)
HSL	hsl(161, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(161, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 0%, 19.2%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.23, -39.83, 8.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.23, 40.75, 167.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.33% -0.1114 0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(70.33% 0.114 168.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.6643, 36.9377, 33.4280)
Luminance	0.3694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B693 #B6486B

analogous

#48B65C #48B693 #48A2B6

triadic

#48B693 #9348B6 #B69348

tetradic

#48B693 #5C48B6 #B6486B #A2B648

square

#48B693 #5C48B6 #B6486B #A2B648

split-complementary

#48B693 #B648A2 #B65C48

monochromatic

#255E4C #378A70 #48B693 #73C8AD #9FD9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#48B693 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#48B693 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B693

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B693	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B693	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AA91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29F95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b693;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 182, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.114 168.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ccb2',
    500: '#48b693',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b693;
$custom-light: #86ccb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b693",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.909,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70331,
    "c": 0.11355,
    "h": 168.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B693

secondary

#C694A4

accent

#557DD3

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F5

border

#CBD2CF

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B693

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

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