#48BB99#48BB99

#48BB99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.116 H 170.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BB99
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 153)
HSL	hsl(162, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(162, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 0%, 18.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, -40.62, 7.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 41.34, 169.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% -0.114 0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.116 170.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.1898, 39.2156, 36.3200)
Luminance	0.3922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BB99 #BB486A

analogous

#48BB5F #48BB99 #48A3BB

triadic

#48BB99 #9948BB #BB9948

tetradic

#48BB99 #5F48BB #BB486A #A3BB48

square

#48BB99 #5F48BB #BB486A #A3BB48

split-complementary

#48BB99 #BB48A3 #BB5F48

monochromatic

#256451 #369075 #48BB99 #75CCB2 #A1DCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#48BB99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#48BB99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BB99

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BB99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BB99	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	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)

#B6AF97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A39B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bb99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.116 170.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0b7',
    500: '#48bb99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bb99;
$custom-light: #87d0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bb99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.261,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71746,
    "c": 0.11567,
    "h": 170.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BB99

secondary

#C996A5

accent

#5279D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BB99

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

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