#48BD97#48BD97

#48BD97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.120 H 168.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BD97
RGB	rgb(72, 189, 151)
HSL	hsl(161, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(161, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 0%, 20.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, -41.97, 9.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 43.05, 167.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.1171 0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.12 168.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.4532, 40.0045, 35.5997)
Luminance	0.4001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BD97 #BD486E

analogous

#48BD5C #48BD97 #48A8BD

triadic

#48BD97 #9748BD #BD9748

tetradic

#48BD97 #5C48BD #BD486E #A8BD48

square

#48BD97 #5C48BD #BD486E #A8BD48

split-complementary

#48BD97 #BD48A8 #BD5C48

monochromatic

#256651 #359374 #48BD97 #75CDB1 #A2DDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#48BD97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#48BD97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BD97

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BD97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BD97	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B195

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A59A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bd97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 189, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.120 168.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1b5',
    500: '#48bd97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bd97;
$custom-light: #87d1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bd97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.513,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72192,
    "c": 0.1196,
    "h": 168.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BD97

secondary

#CA97A7

accent

#517DD7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BD97

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

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