#48BD99#48BD99

#48BD99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.118 H 169.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BD99
RGB	rgb(72, 189, 153)
HSL	hsl(162, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(162, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 0%, 19%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.52, -41.50, 8.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.52, 42.37, 168.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.1161 0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.118 169.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.6170, 40.0701, 36.4624)
Luminance	0.4007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BD99 #BD486C

analogous

#48BD5E #48BD99 #48A7BD

triadic

#48BD99 #9948BD #BD9948

tetradic

#48BD99 #5E48BD #BD486C #A7BD48

square

#48BD99 #5E48BD #BD486C #A7BD48

split-complementary

#48BD99 #BD48A7 #BD5E48

monochromatic

#256652 #359376 #48BD99 #75CDB2 #A2DDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#48BD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#48BD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BD99

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BD99	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)

#B8B197

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A59B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bd99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 189, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.118 169.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1b7',
    500: '#48bd99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bd99;
$custom-light: #87d1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bd99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.538,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72245,
    "c": 0.11818,
    "h": 169.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BD99

secondary

#CA97A6

accent

#517AD7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BD99

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

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