#48BA8A#48BA8A

#48BA8A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.126 H 162.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BA8A
RGB	rgb(72, 186, 138)
HSL	hsl(155, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(155, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 0%, 25.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, -43.62, 14.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 46.11, 161.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% -0.12 0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.126 162.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.8164, 38.3280, 30.1300)
Luminance	0.3833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BA8A #BA4878

analogous

#48BA51 #48BA8A #48B1BA

triadic

#48BA8A #8A48BA #BA8A48

tetradic

#48BA8A #5148BA #BA4878 #B1BA48

square

#48BA8A #5148BA #BA4878 #B1BA48

split-complementary

#48BA8A #BA48B1 #BA5148

monochromatic

#256249 #368F69 #48BA8A #74CBA6 #A1DCC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#48BA8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#48BA8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BA8A

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BA8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BA8A	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AD87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A28D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ba8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 186, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.126 162.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cfac',
    500: '#48ba8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ba8a;
$custom-light: #86cfac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ba8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.737,
    "s": 45.238,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71107,
    "c": 0.12588,
    "h": 162.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BA8A

secondary

#C896AB

accent

#538AD5

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BA8A

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

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