#48B797#48B797

#48B797 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.112 H 170.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B797
RGB	rgb(72, 183, 151)
HSL	hsl(163, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(163, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 0%, 17.5%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.63, -39.32, 6.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.63, 39.93, 169.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% -0.1106 0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.112 170.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.1892, 37.4765, 35.1784)
Luminance	0.3748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B797 #B74868

analogous

#48B760 #48B797 #489FB7

triadic

#48B797 #9748B7 #B79748

tetradic

#48B797 #6048B7 #B74868 #9FB748

square

#48B797 #6048B7 #B74868 #9FB748

split-complementary

#48B797 #B7489F #B76048

monochromatic

#255F4F #378B73 #48B797 #74C8B0 #A0DAC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#48B797 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#48B797 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B797

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B797	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B797	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AC95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b797;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 183, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.112 170.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cdb5',
    500: '#48b797',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b797;
$custom-light: #86cdb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b797",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.703,
    "s": 43.529,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70691,
    "c": 0.11204,
    "h": 170.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B797

secondary

#C695A3

accent

#5579D3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B797

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

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