#48B99E#48B99E

#48B99E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.110 H 174.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B99E
RGB	rgb(72, 185, 158)
HSL	hsl(166, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(166, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 0%, 14.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, -38.51, 4.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 38.74, 173.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% -0.1095 0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.11 174.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.1901, 38.5416, 38.4002)
Luminance	0.3854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B99E #B94863

analogous

#48B966 #48B99E #489BB9

triadic

#48B99E #9E48B9 #B99E48

tetradic

#48B99E #6648B9 #B94863 #9BB948

square

#48B99E #6648B9 #B94863 #9BB948

split-complementary

#48B99E #B9489B #B96648

monochromatic

#256153 #368E79 #48B99E #74CAB5 #A1DBCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#48B99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#48B99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B99E

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B99E	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AE9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A2A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 185, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.110 174.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ceba',
    500: '#48b99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b99e;
$custom-light: #87ceba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.664,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71388,
    "c": 0.11004,
    "h": 174.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B99E

secondary

#C895A1

accent

#5372D4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B99E

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

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