#48B99D#48B99D

#48B99D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.111 H 173.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B99D
RGB	rgb(72, 185, 157)
HSL	hsl(165, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(165, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 0%, 15.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, -38.75, 4.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 39.04, 173.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% -0.11 0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.111 173.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.1044, 38.5073, 37.9487)
Luminance	0.3851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B99D #B94864

analogous

#48B965 #48B99D #489CB9

triadic

#48B99D #9D48B9 #B99D48

tetradic

#48B99D #6548B9 #B94864 #9CB948

square

#48B99D #6548B9 #B94864 #9CB948

split-complementary

#48B99D #B9489C #B96548

monochromatic

#256152 #368E78 #48B99D #74CAB5 #A1DBCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#48B99D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#48B99D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B99D

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B99D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B99D	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	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)

#B3AE9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A29F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 185, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.111 173.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ceb9',
    500: '#48b99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b99d;
$custom-light: #87ceb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.133,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71359,
    "c": 0.11063,
    "h": 173.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B99D

secondary

#C895A2

accent

#5373D4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B99D

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

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