#48B79A#48B79A

#48B79A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.110 H 172.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B79A
RGB	rgb(72, 183, 154)
HSL	hsl(164, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(164, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 0%, 15.8%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.71, -38.59, 5.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.71, 38.97, 172.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.78% -0.1092 0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(70.78% 0.11 172.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.4359, 37.5752, 36.4778)
Luminance	0.3758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B79A #B74865

analogous

#48B762 #48B79A #489DB7

triadic

#48B79A #9A48B7 #B79A48

tetradic

#48B79A #6248B7 #B74865 #9DB748

square

#48B79A #6248B7 #B74865 #9DB748

split-complementary

#48B79A #B7489D #B76248

monochromatic

#255F50 #378B75 #48B79A #74C8B2 #A0DACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#48B79A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#48B79A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B79A

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B79A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B79A	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AC99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A09C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b79a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 183, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.110 172.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cdb7',
    500: '#48b79a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b79a;
$custom-light: #86cdb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b79a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.324,
    "s": 43.529,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70775,
    "c": 0.11008,
    "h": 172.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B79A

secondary

#C695A2

accent

#5576D3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B79A

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

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