#48B69E#48B69E

#48B69E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.107 H 176.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B69E
RGB	rgb(72, 182, 158)
HSL	hsl(167, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(167, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 0%, 13.2%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.50, -37.15, 2.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.50, 37.26, 175.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.64% -0.1063 0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(70.64% 0.107 176.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.5691, 37.2996, 38.1932)
Luminance	0.3730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B69E #B64860

analogous

#48B667 #48B69E #4897B6

triadic

#48B69E #9E48B6 #B69E48

tetradic

#48B69E #6748B6 #B64860 #97B648

square

#48B69E #6748B6 #B64860 #97B648

split-complementary

#48B69E #B64897 #B66748

monochromatic

#255E52 #378A78 #48B69E #73C8B5 #9FD9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#48B69E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#48B69E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B69E

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B69E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B69E	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AB9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9FA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b69e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 182, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.107 176.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ccba',
    500: '#48b69e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b69e;
$custom-light: #86ccba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b69e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.909,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70641,
    "c": 0.10652,
    "h": 176.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B69E

secondary

#C6949F

accent

#5570D3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B69E

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

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