#48BC99#48BC99

#48BC99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.117 H 169.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BC99
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 153)
HSL	hsl(162, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(162, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 18.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, -41.06, 8.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 41.85, 168.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72% -0.1151 0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.117 169.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.4026, 39.6413, 36.3909)
Luminance	0.3964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BC99 #BC486B

analogous

#48BC5F #48BC99 #48A5BC

triadic

#48BC99 #9948BC #BC9948

tetradic

#48BC99 #5F48BC #BC486B #A5BC48

square

#48BC99 #5F48BC #BC486B #A5BC48

split-complementary

#48BC99 #BC48A5 #BC5F48

monochromatic

#256551 #359276 #48BC99 #75CCB2 #A2DDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#48BC99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#48BC99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BC99

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BC99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BC99	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B097

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A49B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bc99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.117 169.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1b7',
    500: '#48bc99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bc99;
$custom-light: #87d1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bc99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.897,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71996,
    "c": 0.11692,
    "h": 169.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BC99

secondary

#CA96A6

accent

#527AD6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BC99

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

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