#48B99F#48B99F

#48B99F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.109 H 175.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B99F
RGB	rgb(72, 185, 159)
HSL	hsl(166, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(166, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 0%, 14.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, -38.26, 3.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 38.44, 174.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.42% -0.109 0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(71.42% 0.109 175.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.2765, 38.5761, 38.8553)
Luminance	0.3858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B99F #B94862

analogous

#48B967 #48B99F #489AB9

triadic

#48B99F #9F48B9 #B99F48

tetradic

#48B99F #6748B9 #B94862 #9AB948

square

#48B99F #6748B9 #B94862 #9AB948

split-complementary

#48B99F #B9489A #B96748

monochromatic

#256154 #368E7A #48B99F #74CAB6 #A1DBCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#48B99F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#48B99F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B99F

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B99F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B99F	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AE9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A2A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b99f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 185, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.109 175.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cebb',
    500: '#48b99f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b99f;
$custom-light: #87cebb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b99f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.195,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71416,
    "c": 0.10945,
    "h": 175.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B99F

secondary

#C895A1

accent

#5371D4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B99F

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

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