#48BB89#48BB89

#48BB89 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.128 H 161.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BB89
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 137)
HSL	hsl(154, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(154, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 0%, 26.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, -44.27, 15.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 47.03, 160.25°)
OKLab	oklab(71.34% -0.1215 0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(71.34% 0.128 161.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.9558, 38.7220, 29.8210)
Luminance	0.3872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BB89 #BB487A

analogous

#48BB4F #48BB89 #48B3BB

triadic

#48BB89 #8948BB #BB8948

tetradic

#48BB89 #4F48BB #BB487A #B3BB48

square

#48BB89 #4F48BB #BB487A #B3BB48

split-complementary

#48BB89 #BB48B3 #BB4F48

monochromatic

#256448 #369069 #48BB89 #75CCA6 #A1DCC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#48BB89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#48BB89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BB89

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BB89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BB89	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AE86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A38C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bb89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.128 161.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d0ab',
    500: '#48bb89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bb89;
$custom-light: #86d0ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bb89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.913,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71335,
    "c": 0.12808,
    "h": 161.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BB89

secondary

#C996AC

accent

#528BD5

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BB89

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

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