#48BF9A#48BF9A

#48BF9A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.120 H 169.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BF9A
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 154)
HSL	hsl(161, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(161, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 0%, 19.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, -42.13, 8.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 43.07, 168.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.1178 0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.12 169)
XYZ	xyz(27.1331, 40.9696, 37.0436)
Luminance	0.4097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BF9A #BF486D

analogous

#48BF5F #48BF9A #48A8BF

triadic

#48BF9A #9A48BF #BF9A48

tetradic

#48BF9A #5F48BF #BF486D #A8BF48

square

#48BF9A #5F48BF #BF486D #A8BF48

split-complementary

#48BF9A #BF48A8 #BF5F48

monochromatic

#246853 #349677 #48BF9A #75CFB3 #A3DFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#48BF9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#48BF9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BF9A

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BF9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BF9A	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	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)

#BAB398

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A69C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bf9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.120 169.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d3b7',
    500: '#48bf9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bf9a;
$custom-light: #87d3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bf9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.345,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72771,
    "c": 0.11998,
    "h": 169
  },
  "luminance": 0.40972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BF9A

secondary

#CC97A8

accent

#507AD8

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BF9A

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

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