#48BB9F#48BB9F

#48BB9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.112 H 174.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BB9F
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 159)
HSL	hsl(165, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(165, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 0%, 15%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, -39.16, 4.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 39.43, 173.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.1112 0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.112 174)
XYZ	xyz(26.6978, 39.4188, 38.9958)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BB9F #BB4864

analogous

#48BB65 #48BB9F #489EBB

triadic

#48BB9F #9F48BB #BB9F48

tetradic

#48BB9F #6548BB #BB4864 #9EBB48

square

#48BB9F #6548BB #BB4864 #9EBB48

split-complementary

#48BB9F #BB489E #BB6548

monochromatic

#256454 #36907A #48BB9F #75CCB6 #A1DCCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#48BB9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#48BB9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BB9F

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BB9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BB9F	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	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)

#B5B09E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A4A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bb9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.112 174.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0bb',
    500: '#48bb9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bb9f;
$custom-light: #87d0bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bb9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.391,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71914,
    "c": 0.1118,
    "h": 174
  },
  "luminance": 0.39422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BB9F

secondary

#C996A2

accent

#5272D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BB9F

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

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