#48B69D#48B69D

#48B69D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.107 H 175.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B69D
RGB	rgb(72, 182, 157)
HSL	hsl(166, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(166, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 0%, 13.7%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.48, -37.40, 3.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.48, 37.55, 174.76°)
OKLab	oklab(70.61% -0.1067 0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(70.61% 0.107 175.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.4834, 37.2653, 37.7417)
Luminance	0.3727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B69D #B64861

analogous

#48B666 #48B69D #4898B6

triadic

#48B69D #9D48B6 #B69D48

tetradic

#48B69D #6648B6 #B64861 #98B648

square

#48B69D #6648B6 #B64861 #98B648

split-complementary

#48B69D #B64898 #B66648

monochromatic

#255E51 #378A77 #48B69D #73C8B5 #9FD9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#48B69D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#48B69D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B69D

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B69D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B69D	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AB9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09F9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b69d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 182, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.107 175.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ccb9',
    500: '#48b69d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b69d;
$custom-light: #86ccb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b69d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.364,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70612,
    "c": 0.10708,
    "h": 175.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B69D

secondary

#C6949F

accent

#5571D3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B69D

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →