#48B69A#48B69A

#48B69A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.109 H 173.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B69A
RGB	rgb(72, 182, 154)
HSL	hsl(165, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(165, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 0%, 15.4%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.40, -38.14, 4.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.40, 38.47, 172.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% -0.1081 0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.109 173.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.2304, 37.1641, 36.4093)
Luminance	0.3717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B69A #B64864

analogous

#48B663 #48B69A #489BB6

triadic

#48B69A #9A48B6 #B69A48

tetradic

#48B69A #6348B6 #B64864 #9BB648

square

#48B69A #6348B6 #B64864 #9BB648

split-complementary

#48B69A #B6489B #B66348

monochromatic

#255E50 #378A75 #48B69A #73C8B2 #9FD9CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#48B69A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#48B69A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B69A

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B69A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B69A	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)

#B0AB99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09F9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b69a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 182, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.109 173.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ccb7',
    500: '#48b69a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b69a;
$custom-light: #86ccb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b69a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.727,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70525,
    "c": 0.10887,
    "h": 173.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B69A

secondary

#C694A1

accent

#5575D3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B69A

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

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