#48B79E#48B79E

#48B79E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.108 H 175.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B79E
RGB	rgb(72, 183, 158)
HSL	hsl(166, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(166, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 0%, 13.7%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, -37.60, 3.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 37.75, 174.89°)
OKLab	oklab(70.89% -0.1074 0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(70.89% 0.108 175.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.7746, 37.7107, 38.2617)
Luminance	0.3771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B79E #B74861

analogous

#48B766 #48B79E #4899B7

triadic

#48B79E #9E48B7 #B79E48

tetradic

#48B79E #6648B7 #B74861 #99B748

square

#48B79E #6648B7 #B74861 #99B748

split-complementary

#48B79E #B74899 #B76648

monochromatic

#255F52 #378B78 #48B79E #74C8B5 #A0DACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#48B79E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#48B79E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B79E

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B79E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B79E	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AC9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A0A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b79e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 183, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.108 175.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cdba',
    500: '#48b79e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b79e;
$custom-light: #86cdba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b79e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.486,
    "s": 43.529,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7089,
    "c": 0.10768,
    "h": 175.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B79E

secondary

#C695A0

accent

#5571D3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B79E

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

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