#48BB96#48BB96

#48BB96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.118 H 168.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BB96
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 150)
HSL	hsl(161, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(161, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 0%, 19.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, -41.33, 9.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 42.35, 167.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% -0.1154 0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.118 168.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.9451, 39.1177, 35.0314)
Luminance	0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BB96 #BB486D

analogous

#48BB5C #48BB96 #48A6BB

triadic

#48BB96 #9648BB #BB9648

tetradic

#48BB96 #5C48BB #BB486D #A6BB48

square

#48BB96 #5C48BB #BB486D #A6BB48

split-complementary

#48BB96 #BB48A6 #BB5C48

monochromatic

#25644F #369073 #48BB96 #75CCB0 #A1DCC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#48BB96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#48BB96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BB96

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BB96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BB96	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AF94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A398

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bb96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.118 168.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0b4',
    500: '#48bb96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bb96;
$custom-light: #87d0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bb96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.696,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71665,
    "c": 0.11778,
    "h": 168.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BB96

secondary

#C996A6

accent

#527DD5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BB96

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

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