#48BC97#48BC97

#48BC97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.118 H 168.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BC97
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 151)
HSL	hsl(161, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(161, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 19.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -41.53, 9.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 42.53, 167.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% -0.116 0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.118 168.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.2388, 39.5758, 35.5283)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BC97 #BC486D

analogous

#48BC5D #48BC97 #48A7BC

triadic

#48BC97 #9748BC #BC9748

tetradic

#48BC97 #5D48BC #BC486D #A7BC48

square

#48BC97 #5D48BC #BC486D #A7BC48

split-complementary

#48BC97 #BC48A7 #BC5D48

monochromatic

#256550 #359274 #48BC97 #75CCB0 #A2DDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#48BC97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#48BC97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BC97

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BC97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BC97	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B095

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bc97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.118 168.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1b5',
    500: '#48bc97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bc97;
$custom-light: #87d1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bc97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.862,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71942,
    "c": 0.11834,
    "h": 168.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BC97

secondary

#CA96A7

accent

#527CD6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BC97

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

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