#48BE99#48BE99

#48BE99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.119 H 168.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BE99
RGB	rgb(72, 190, 153)
HSL	hsl(161, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(161, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 19.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, -41.93, 9.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 42.89, 167.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.1172 0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.119 168.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.8329, 40.5018, 36.5343)
Luminance	0.4051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BE99 #BE486D

analogous

#48BE5E #48BE99 #48A8BE

triadic

#48BE99 #9948BE #BE9948

tetradic

#48BE99 #5E48BE #BE486D #A8BE48

square

#48BE99 #5E48BE #BE486D #A8BE48

split-complementary

#48BE99 #BE48A8 #BE5E48

monochromatic

#256752 #359476 #48BE99 #75CEB2 #A2DECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#48BE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#48BE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BE99

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BE99	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B297

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A69B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48be99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 190, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.119 168.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d2b7',
    500: '#48be99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48be99;
$custom-light: #87d2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48be99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.186,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72495,
    "c": 0.11944,
    "h": 168.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BE99

secondary

#CB97A7

accent

#517BD7

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BE99

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

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