#48BB9D#48BB9D

#48BB9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.113 H 172.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BB9D
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 157)
HSL	hsl(164, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(164, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 0%, 16%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, -39.65, 5.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 40.05, 171.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.1121 0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.113 172.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.5257, 39.3499, 38.0891)
Luminance	0.3935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BB9D #BB4866

analogous

#48BB63 #48BB9D #489FBB

triadic

#48BB9D #9D48BB #BB9D48

tetradic

#48BB9D #6348BB #BB4866 #9FBB48

square

#48BB9D #6348BB #BB4866 #9FBB48

split-complementary

#48BB9D #BB489F #BB6348

monochromatic

#256453 #369079 #48BB9D #75CCB5 #A1DCCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#48BB9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#48BB9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BB9D

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BB9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BB9D	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B09C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A39F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bb9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.113 172.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0b9',
    500: '#48bb9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bb9d;
$custom-light: #87d0b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bb9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.348,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71857,
    "c": 0.11304,
    "h": 172.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BB9D

secondary

#C996A3

accent

#5275D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BB9D

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

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