#48B99C#48B99C

#48B99C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.111 H 173.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B99C
RGB	rgb(72, 185, 156)
HSL	hsl(165, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(165, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 0%, 15.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, -39.00, 5.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 39.35, 172.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% -0.1104 0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.111 173.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.0193, 38.4733, 37.5009)
Luminance	0.3848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B99C #B94865

analogous

#48B963 #48B99C #489DB9

triadic

#48B99C #9C48B9 #B99C48

tetradic

#48B99C #6348B9 #B94865 #9DB948

square

#48B99C #6348B9 #B94865 #9DB948

split-complementary

#48B99C #B9489D #B96348

monochromatic

#256152 #368E77 #48B99C #74CAB4 #A1DBCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#48B99C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#48B99C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B99C

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B99C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B99C	1.00	2.42	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AE9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A29E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b99c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 185, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.111 173.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ceb9',
    500: '#48b99c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b99c;
$custom-light: #87ceb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b99c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.602,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7133,
    "c": 0.11125,
    "h": 173.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B99C

secondary

#C895A2

accent

#5375D4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B99C

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

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