#48B79C#48B79C

#48B79C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.109 H 174.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B79C
RGB	rgb(72, 183, 156)
HSL	hsl(165, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(165, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 0%, 14.8%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.76, -38.10, 4.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.76, 38.35, 173.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% -0.1083 0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.109 174.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.6039, 37.6424, 37.3624)
Luminance	0.3765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B79C #B74863

analogous

#48B764 #48B79C #489BB7

triadic

#48B79C #9C48B7 #B79C48

tetradic

#48B79C #6448B7 #B74863 #9BB748

square

#48B79C #6448B7 #B74863 #9BB748

split-complementary

#48B79C #B7489B #B76448

monochromatic

#255F51 #378B77 #48B79C #74C8B4 #A0DACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#48B79C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#48B79C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B79C

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B79C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B79C	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AC9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A09E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b79c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 183, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.109 174.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cdb9',
    500: '#48b79c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b79c;
$custom-light: #86cdb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b79c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.405,
    "s": 43.529,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70832,
    "c": 0.10885,
    "h": 174.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B79C

secondary

#C695A1

accent

#5573D3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B79C

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

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