#48BF99#48BF99

#48BF99 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.121 H 168.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BF99
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 153)
HSL	hsl(161, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(161, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 0%, 19.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, -42.37, 9.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 43.41, 167.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% -0.1183 0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.121 168.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.0502, 40.9364, 36.6068)
Luminance	0.4094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BF99 #BF486E

analogous

#48BF5E #48BF99 #48AABF

triadic

#48BF99 #9948BF #BF9948

tetradic

#48BF99 #5E48BF #BF486E #AABF48

square

#48BF99 #5E48BF #BF486E #AABF48

split-complementary

#48BF99 #BF48AA #BF5E48

monochromatic

#246853 #349676 #48BF99 #75CFB2 #A3DFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#48BF99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#48BF99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BF99

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BF99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BF99	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB397

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA69C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bf99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.121 168.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d3b7',
    500: '#48bf99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bf99;
$custom-light: #87d3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bf99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.84,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72745,
    "c": 0.1207,
    "h": 168.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BF99

secondary

#CC97A8

accent

#507BD8

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BF99

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

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