#48B997#48B997

#48B997 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.115 H 169.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B997
RGB	rgb(72, 185, 151)
HSL	hsl(162, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(162, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 0%, 18.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, -40.21, 7.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 40.97, 168.97°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% -0.1128 0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.115 169.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.6046, 38.3074, 35.3168)
Luminance	0.3831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B997 #B9486A

analogous

#48B95E #48B997 #48A2B9

triadic

#48B997 #9748B9 #B99748

tetradic

#48B997 #5E48B9 #B9486A #A2B948

square

#48B997 #5E48B9 #B9486A #A2B948

split-complementary

#48B997 #B948A2 #B95E48

monochromatic

#25614F #368E73 #48B997 #74CAB0 #A1DBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#48B997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#48B997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B997

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B997	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AD95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 185, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.115 169.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cfb5',
    500: '#48b997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b997;
$custom-light: #86cfb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.947,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71191,
    "c": 0.11454,
    "h": 169.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B997

secondary

#C895A4

accent

#537AD4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B997

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

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