#48BE96#48BE96

#48BE96 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.122 H 167.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BE96
RGB	rgb(72, 190, 150)
HSL	hsl(160, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(160, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 21.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, -42.63, 10.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 43.92, 166.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% -0.1186 0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.122 167.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.5882, 40.4039, 35.2458)
Luminance	0.4041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BE96 #BE4870

analogous

#48BE5B #48BE96 #48ABBE

triadic

#48BE96 #9648BE #BE9648

tetradic

#48BE96 #5B48BE #BE4870 #ABBE48

square

#48BE96 #5B48BE #BE4870 #ABBE48

split-complementary

#48BE96 #BE48AB #BE5B48

monochromatic

#256750 #359474 #48BE96 #75CEB0 #A2DECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#48BE96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#48BE96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BE96

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BE96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BE96	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB294

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48be96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 190, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.122 167.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d2b4',
    500: '#48be96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48be96;
$custom-light: #87d2b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48be96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.661,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72416,
    "c": 0.12163,
    "h": 167.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BE96

secondary

#CB97A9

accent

#517ED7

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BE96

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

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