#48BB98#48BB98

#48BB98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.116 H 169.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BB98
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 152)
HSL	hsl(162, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(162, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 0%, 18.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, -40.86, 8.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 41.67, 168.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% -0.1145 0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.116 169.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.1075, 39.1827, 35.8868)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BB98 #BB486B

analogous

#48BB5E #48BB98 #48A4BB

triadic

#48BB98 #9848BB #BB9848

tetradic

#48BB98 #5E48BB #BB486B #A4BB48

square

#48BB98 #5E48BB #BB486B #A4BB48

split-complementary

#48BB98 #BB48A4 #BB5E48

monochromatic

#256451 #369075 #48BB98 #75CCB1 #A1DCCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#48BB98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#48BB98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BB98

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BB98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BB98	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AF96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A39A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bb98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.116 169.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0b6',
    500: '#48bb98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bb98;
$custom-light: #87d0b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bb98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.739,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71719,
    "c": 0.11636,
    "h": 169.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BB98

secondary

#C996A5

accent

#527AD5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BB98

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

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