#48AF97#48AF97

#48AF97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.102 H 175.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AF97
RGB	rgb(72, 175, 151)
HSL	hsl(166, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(166, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 0%, 13.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.18, -35.70, 3.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.18, 35.86, 174.53°)
OKLab	oklab(68.69% -0.1019 0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(68.69% 0.102 175.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.5858, 34.2697, 34.6439)
Luminance	0.3427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AF97 #AF4860

analogous

#48AF63 #48AF97 #4893AF

triadic

#48AF97 #9748AF #AF9748

tetradic

#48AF97 #6348AF #AF4860 #93AF48

square

#48AF97 #6348AF #AF4860 #93AF48

split-complementary

#48AF97 #AF4893 #AF6348

monochromatic

#24584C #368472 #48AF97 #70C4B1 #9BD6C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#48AF97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#48AF97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AF97

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AF97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AF97	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	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)

#A9A596

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9A99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48af97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 175, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.102 175.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c7b5',
    500: '#48af97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48af97;
$custom-light: #85c7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48af97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.019,
    "s": 41.7,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6869,
    "c": 0.10224,
    "h": 175.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AF97

secondary

#C2909C

accent

#5673D2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AF97

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

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