#48BB97#48BB97

#48BB97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.117 H 169.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BB97
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 151)
HSL	hsl(161, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(161, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 0%, 19.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, -41.09, 8.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 42.01, 168.03°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.1149 0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.117 169)
XYZ	xyz(26.0260, 39.1501, 35.4573)
Luminance	0.3915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BB97 #BB486C

analogous

#48BB5D #48BB97 #48A6BB

triadic

#48BB97 #9748BB #BB9748

tetradic

#48BB97 #5D48BB #BB486C #A6BB48

square

#48BB97 #5D48BB #BB486C #A6BB48

split-complementary

#48BB97 #BB48A6 #BB5D48

monochromatic

#256450 #369074 #48BB97 #75CCB0 #A1DCCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#48BB97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#48BB97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BB97

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BB97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BB97	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AF95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bb97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.117 169.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0b5',
    500: '#48bb97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bb97;
$custom-light: #87d0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bb97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.217,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71691,
    "c": 0.11707,
    "h": 169
  },
  "luminance": 0.39153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BB97

secondary

#C996A6

accent

#527BD5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BB97

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

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