#48BA8B#48BA8B

#48BA8B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.125 H 162.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BA8B
RGB	rgb(72, 186, 139)
HSL	hsl(155, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(155, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 0%, 25.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, -43.40, 14.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 45.74, 161.60°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% -0.1195 0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.125 162.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.8892, 38.3571, 30.5131)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BA8B #BA4877

analogous

#48BA52 #48BA8B #48B0BA

triadic

#48BA8B #8B48BA #BA8B48

tetradic

#48BA8B #5248BA #BA4877 #B0BA48

square

#48BA8B #5248BA #BA4877 #B0BA48

split-complementary

#48BA8B #BA48B0 #BA5248

monochromatic

#256249 #368F6A #48BA8B #74CBA7 #A1DCC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#48BA8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#48BA8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BA8B

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BA8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BA8B	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)

#B7AD88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A28E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ba8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 186, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.125 162.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cfad',
    500: '#48ba8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ba8b;
$custom-light: #86cfad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ba8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.263,
    "s": 45.238,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71131,
    "c": 0.12505,
    "h": 162.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BA8B

secondary

#C896AA

accent

#5388D5

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BA8B

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

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