#48B89B#48B89B

#48B89B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.111 H 173.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B89B
RGB	rgb(72, 184, 155)
HSL	hsl(164, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(164, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 0%, 15.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, -38.80, 5.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 39.16, 172.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% -0.1098 0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.111 173)
XYZ	xyz(25.7265, 38.0226, 36.9873)
Luminance	0.3802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B89B #B84865

analogous

#48B863 #48B89B #489DB8

triadic

#48B89B #9B48B8 #B89B48

tetradic

#48B89B #6348B8 #B84865 #9DB848

square

#48B89B #6348B8 #B84865 #9DB848

split-complementary

#48B89B #B8489D #B86348

monochromatic

#256051 #368C76 #48B89B #74C9B3 #A0DACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#48B89B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#48B89B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B89B

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B89B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B89B	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AD9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A19D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b89b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 184, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.111 173.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ceb8',
    500: '#48b89b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b89b;
$custom-light: #86ceb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b89b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.464,
    "s": 44.094,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71053,
    "c": 0.11066,
    "h": 173
  },
  "luminance": 0.38025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B89B

secondary

#C795A2

accent

#5475D4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B89B

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

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