#48B89C#48B89C

#48B89C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.110 H 173.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B89C
RGB	rgb(72, 184, 156)
HSL	hsl(165, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(165, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 0%, 15.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, -38.55, 4.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 38.85, 172.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% -0.1094 0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.11 173.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.8109, 38.0563, 37.4314)
Luminance	0.3806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B89C #B84864

analogous

#48B864 #48B89C #489CB8

triadic

#48B89C #9C48B8 #B89C48

tetradic

#48B89C #6448B8 #B84864 #9CB848

square

#48B89C #6448B8 #B84864 #9CB848

split-complementary

#48B89C #B8489C #B86448

monochromatic

#256052 #368C77 #48B89C #74C9B4 #A0DACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#48B89C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#48B89C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B89C

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B89C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B89C	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AD9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A19E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b89c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 184, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.110 173.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ceb9',
    500: '#48b89c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b89c;
$custom-light: #86ceb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b89c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 44.094,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71081,
    "c": 0.11005,
    "h": 173.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B89C

secondary

#C795A1

accent

#5474D4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B89C

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

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