#48BB8B#48BB8B

#48BB8B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.126 H 162.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BB8B
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 139)
HSL	hsl(155, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(155, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 0%, 25.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, -43.83, 14.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 46.28, 161.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% -0.1206 0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.126 162.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.1006, 38.7799, 30.5836)
Luminance	0.3878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BB8B #BB4878

analogous

#48BB51 #48BB8B #48B1BB

triadic

#48BB8B #8B48BB #BB8B48

tetradic

#48BB8B #5148BB #BB4878 #B1BB48

square

#48BB8B #5148BB #BB4878 #B1BB48

split-complementary

#48BB8B #BB48B1 #BB5148

monochromatic

#256449 #36906A #48BB8B #75CCA7 #A1DCC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#48BB8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#48BB8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BB8B

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BB8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BB8B	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AE88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A38E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bb8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.126 162.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d0ad',
    500: '#48bb8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bb8b;
$custom-light: #86d0ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bb8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.957,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71384,
    "c": 0.12639,
    "h": 162.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BB8B

secondary

#C996AB

accent

#5289D5

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BB8B

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

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