#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
RGB	rgb(72, 182, 153)
HSL	hsl(164, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(164, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 0%, 15.9%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.38, -38.39, 5.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.38, 38.78, 171.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.5% -0.1086 0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(70.5% 0.109 172.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.1475, 37.1310, 35.9725)
Luminance	0.3713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##48B699	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B699

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

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