#48BF9B#48BF9B

#48BF9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.119 H 169.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BF9B
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 155)
HSL	hsl(162, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(162, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 0%, 18.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.18, -41.90, 8.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.18, 42.73, 168.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.1173 0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.119 169.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.2168, 41.0030, 37.4840)
Luminance	0.4101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BF9B #BF486C

analogous

#48BF60 #48BF9B #48A8BF

triadic

#48BF9B #9B48BF #BF9B48

tetradic

#48BF9B #6048BF #BF486C #A8BF48

square

#48BF9B #6048BF #BF486C #A8BF48

split-complementary

#48BF9B #BF48A8 #BF6048

monochromatic

#246854 #349678 #48BF9B #75CFB4 #A3DFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#48BF9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#48BF9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BF9B

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BF9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BF9B	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A79D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bf9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.119 169.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d3b8',
    500: '#48bf9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bf9b;
$custom-light: #87d3b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bf9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.849,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72798,
    "c": 0.11927,
    "h": 169.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BF9B

secondary

#CC97A7

accent

#5079D8

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BF9B

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

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