#48B893#48B893

#48B893 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.116 H 168.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B893
RGB	rgb(72, 184, 147)
HSL	hsl(160, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(160, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 0%, 20.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, -40.72, 9.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 41.80, 166.93°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% -0.1136 0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.116 168)
XYZ	xyz(25.0768, 37.7627, 33.5655)
Luminance	0.3776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B893 #B8486D

analogous

#48B85B #48B893 #48A5B8

triadic

#48B893 #9348B8 #B89348

tetradic

#48B893 #5B48B8 #B8486D #A5B848

square

#48B893 #5B48B8 #B8486D #A5B848

split-complementary

#48B893 #B848A5 #B85B48

monochromatic

#25604D #368C70 #48B893 #74C9AD #A0DAC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#48B893 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#48B893 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B893

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B893	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B893	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AC91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A195

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b893;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 184, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.116 168.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ceb2',
    500: '#48b893',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b893;
$custom-light: #86ceb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b893",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.179,
    "s": 44.094,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70833,
    "c": 0.11612,
    "h": 168
  },
  "luminance": 0.37765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B893

secondary

#C795A5

accent

#547ED4

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F5

border

#CBD2CF

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B893

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

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