#48BA97#48BA97

#48BA97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.116 H 169.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BA97
RGB	rgb(72, 186, 151)
HSL	hsl(162, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(162, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 0%, 18.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, -40.65, 8.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 41.49, 168.49°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% -0.1138 0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.116 169.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.8146, 38.7272, 35.3868)
Luminance	0.3873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BA97 #BA486B

analogous

#48BA5E #48BA97 #48A4BA

triadic

#48BA97 #9748BA #BA9748

tetradic

#48BA97 #5E48BA #BA486B #A4BA48

square

#48BA97 #5E48BA #BA486B #A4BA48

split-complementary

#48BA97 #BA48A4 #BA5E48

monochromatic

#256250 #368F74 #48BA97 #74CBB0 #A1DCCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#48BA97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#48BA97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BA97

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BA97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BA97	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AE95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ba97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 186, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.116 169.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cfb5',
    500: '#48ba97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ba97;
$custom-light: #86cfb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ba97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.579,
    "s": 45.238,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71441,
    "c": 0.1158,
    "h": 169.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BA97

secondary

#C896A5

accent

#537BD5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BA97

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

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