#48BB9E#48BB9E

#48BB9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.112 H 173.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BB9E
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 158)
HSL	hsl(165, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(165, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 0%, 15.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -39.40, 5.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 39.74, 172.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% -0.1117 0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.112 173.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.6114, 39.3842, 38.5406)
Luminance	0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BB9E #BB4865

analogous

#48BB64 #48BB9E #489EBB

triadic

#48BB9E #9E48BB #BB9E48

tetradic

#48BB9E #6448BB #BB4865 #9EBB48

square

#48BB9E #6448BB #BB4865 #9EBB48

split-complementary

#48BB9E #BB489E #BB6448

monochromatic

#256454 #369079 #48BB9E #75CCB6 #A1DCCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#48BB9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#48BB9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BB9E

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BB9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BB9E	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B09D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A3A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bb9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.112 173.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0ba',
    500: '#48bb9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bb9e;
$custom-light: #87d0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bb9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.87,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71885,
    "c": 0.11241,
    "h": 173.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BB9E

secondary

#C996A3

accent

#5273D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BB9E

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

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