#48BF9E#48BF9E

#48BF9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.117 H 171.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BF9E
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 158)
HSL	hsl(163, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(163, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 0%, 17.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, -41.18, 6.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 41.75, 170.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.1159 0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.117 171.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4718, 41.1051, 38.8274)
Luminance	0.4111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BF9E #BF4869

analogous

#48BF63 #48BF9E #48A5BF

triadic

#48BF9E #9E48BF #BF9E48

tetradic

#48BF9E #6348BF #BF4869 #A5BF48

square

#48BF9E #6348BF #BF4869 #A5BF48

split-complementary

#48BF9E #BF48A5 #BF6348

monochromatic

#246855 #34967B #48BF9E #75CFB6 #A3DFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#48BF9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#48BF9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BF9E

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BF9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BF9E	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB39C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A7A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bf9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.117 171.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d3ba',
    500: '#48bf9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bf9e;
$custom-light: #87d3ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bf9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.361,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7288,
    "c": 0.11725,
    "h": 171.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BF9E

secondary

#CC97A6

accent

#5076D8

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BF9E

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

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