#48BB8A#48BB8A

#48BB8A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.127 H 162.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BB8A
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 138)
HSL	hsl(154, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(154, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 0%, 26.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, -44.05, 15.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 46.66, 160.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% -0.121 0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.127 162)
XYZ	xyz(25.0278, 38.7508, 30.2005)
Luminance	0.3875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BB8A #BB4879

analogous

#48BB50 #48BB8A #48B2BB

triadic

#48BB8A #8A48BB #BB8A48

tetradic

#48BB8A #5048BB #BB4879 #B2BB48

square

#48BB8A #5048BB #BB4879 #B2BB48

split-complementary

#48BB8A #BB48B2 #BB5048

monochromatic

#256449 #36906A #48BB8A #75CCA7 #A1DCC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#48BB8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#48BB8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BB8A

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BB8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BB8A	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AE87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A38D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bb8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.127 162.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d0ac',
    500: '#48bb8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bb8a;
$custom-light: #86d0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bb8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.435,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71359,
    "c": 0.12723,
    "h": 162
  },
  "luminance": 0.38753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BB8A

secondary

#C996AC

accent

#528AD5

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BB8A

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

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