#48BD98#48BD98

#48BD98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.119 H 168.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BD98
RGB	rgb(72, 189, 152)
HSL	hsl(161, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(161, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 0%, 19.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.50, -41.73, 9.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.50, 42.71, 167.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% -0.1166 0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.119 168.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.5348, 40.0372, 36.0292)
Luminance	0.4004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BD98 #BD486D

analogous

#48BD5D #48BD98 #48A7BD

triadic

#48BD98 #9848BD #BD9848

tetradic

#48BD98 #5D48BD #BD486D #A7BD48

square

#48BD98 #5D48BD #BD486D #A7BD48

split-complementary

#48BD98 #BD48A7 #BD5D48

monochromatic

#256651 #359375 #48BD98 #75CDB1 #A2DDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#48BD98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#48BD98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BD98

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BD98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BD98	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B196

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A59A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bd98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 189, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.119 168.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1b6',
    500: '#48bd98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bd98;
$custom-light: #87d1b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bd98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.026,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72218,
    "c": 0.11889,
    "h": 168.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BD98

secondary

#CA97A7

accent

#517BD7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BD98

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

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