#48BB9C#48BB9C

#48BB9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.114 H 172.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BB9C
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 156)
HSL	hsl(164, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(164, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 0%, 16.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, -39.89, 6.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 40.36, 171.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% -0.1126 0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.114 172.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4407, 39.3159, 37.6413)
Luminance	0.3932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BB9C #BB4867

analogous

#48BB62 #48BB9C #48A0BB

triadic

#48BB9C #9C48BB #BB9C48

tetradic

#48BB9C #6248BB #BB4867 #A0BB48

square

#48BB9C #6248BB #BB4867 #A0BB48

split-complementary

#48BB9C #BB48A0 #BB6248

monochromatic

#256453 #369078 #48BB9C #75CCB4 #A1DCCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#48BB9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#48BB9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BB9C

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BB9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BB9C	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AF9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A39E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bb9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.114 172.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0b9',
    500: '#48bb9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bb9c;
$custom-light: #87d0b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bb9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.826,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71829,
    "c": 0.11367,
    "h": 172.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BB9C

secondary

#C996A4

accent

#5276D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BB9C

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

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