#48B699#48B699

#48B699 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.109 H 172.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48B699
RGBrgb(72, 182, 153)
HSLhsl(164, 43%, 50%)
HSVhsv(164, 60%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(60.4%, 0%, 15.9%, 28.6%)
CIE-LABlab(67.38, -38.39, 5.49)
CIE-LCHlch(67.38, 38.78, 171.86°)
OKLaboklab(70.5% -0.1086 0.0139)
OKLCHoklch(70.5% 0.109 172.7)
XYZxyz(25.1475, 37.1310, 35.9725)
Luminance0.3713 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48B699 #B64865
analogous
#48B662 #48B699 #489CB6
triadic
#48B699 #9948B6 #B69948
tetradic
#48B699 #6248B6 #B64865 #9CB648
square
#48B699 #6248B6 #B64865 #9CB648
split-complementary
#48B699 #B6489C #B66248
monochromatic
#255E4F #378A74 #48B699 #73C8B2 #9FD9CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49
#48B699 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43
#48B699 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B699
8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48B699#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48B6991.002.498.438.43
#FFFFFF2.491.0021.0021.00
#0000008.4321.001.001.00
##0000008.4321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B1AB98
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A09F9B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B8AD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48b699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 182, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.109 172.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ccb7',
    500: '#48b699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48b699;
$custom-light: #86ccb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48b699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.182,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70497,
    "c": 0.10949,
    "h": 172.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48B699
secondary
#C694A1
accent
#5576D3
background
#F8FCFB
surface
#F0F9F6
border
#CBD2D0
text
#0C1311
muted
#7D8280

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#48B699 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva