#48B89E#48B89E

#48B89E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.109 H 175.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B89E
RGB	rgb(72, 184, 158)
HSL	hsl(166, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(166, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 0%, 14.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, -38.05, 3.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 38.24, 174.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% -0.1084 0.0095)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.109 175)
XYZ	xyz(25.9816, 38.1246, 38.3307)
Luminance	0.3813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B89E #B84862

analogous

#48B866 #48B89E #489AB8

triadic

#48B89E #9E48B8 #B89E48

tetradic

#48B89E #6648B8 #B84862 #9AB848

square

#48B89E #6648B8 #B84862 #9AB848

split-complementary

#48B89E #B8489A #B86648

monochromatic

#256053 #368C78 #48B89E #74C9B5 #A0DACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#48B89E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#48B89E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B89E

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B89E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B89E	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AD9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A1A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b89e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 184, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.109 175.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ceba',
    500: '#48b89e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b89e;
$custom-light: #86ceba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b89e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.071,
    "s": 44.094,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71139,
    "c": 0.10885,
    "h": 175
  },
  "luminance": 0.38127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B89E

secondary

#C795A0

accent

#5472D4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B89E

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

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