#48AF96#48AF96

#48AF96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.103 H 174.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AF96
RGB	rgb(72, 175, 150)
HSL	hsl(165, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(165, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 0%, 14.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, -35.95, 3.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 36.16, 173.75°)
OKLab	oklab(68.66% -0.1023 0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(68.66% 0.103 174.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.5049, 34.2373, 34.2180)
Luminance	0.3424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AF96 #AF4861

analogous

#48AF62 #48AF96 #4894AF

triadic

#48AF96 #9648AF #AF9648

tetradic

#48AF96 #6248AF #AF4861 #94AF48

square

#48AF96 #6248AF #AF4861 #94AF48

split-complementary

#48AF96 #AF4894 #AF6248

monochromatic

#24584C #368471 #48AF96 #70C4B0 #9BD6C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#48AF96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#48AF96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AF96

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AF96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AF96	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A595

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9A98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48af96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 175, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.103 174.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c7b4',
    500: '#48af96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48af96;
$custom-light: #85c7b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48af96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.437,
    "s": 41.7,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68661,
    "c": 0.10283,
    "h": 174.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AF96

secondary

#C2909D

accent

#5674D2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AF96

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

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