#48BE98#48BE98

#48BE98 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.120 H 168.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BE98
RGB	rgb(72, 190, 152)
HSL	hsl(161, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(161, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 20%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, -42.17, 9.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 43.23, 167.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.1177 0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.12 168.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.7506, 40.4689, 36.1012)
Luminance	0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#48BE98 #BE486E

analogous

#48BE5D #48BE98 #48A9BE

triadic

#48BE98 #9848BE #BE9848

tetradic

#48BE98 #5D48BE #BE486E #A9BE48

square

#48BE98 #5D48BE #BE486E #A9BE48

split-complementary

#48BE98 #BE48A9 #BE5D48

monochromatic

#256752 #359475 #48BE98 #75CEB1 #A2DECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#48BE98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#48BE98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BE98

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BE98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BE98	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B296

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A69B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48be98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 190, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.120 168.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d2b6',
    500: '#48be98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48be98;
$custom-light: #87d2b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48be98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.678,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72468,
    "c": 0.12015,
    "h": 168.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BE98

secondary

#CB97A8

accent

#517CD7

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BE98

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

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