#48BB8D#48BB8D

#48BB8D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.125 H 163.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BB8D
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 141)
HSL	hsl(156, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(156, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 0%, 24.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, -43.39, 13.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 45.54, 162.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% -0.1196 0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.125 163.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.2480, 38.8389, 31.3602)
Luminance	0.3884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BB8D #BB4876

analogous

#48BB53 #48BB8D #48AFBB

triadic

#48BB8D #8D48BB #BB8D48

tetradic

#48BB8D #5348BB #BB4876 #AFBB48

square

#48BB8D #5348BB #BB4876 #AFBB48

split-complementary

#48BB8D #BB48AF #BB5348

monochromatic

#25644B #36906C #48BB8D #75CCA9 #A1DCC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#48BB8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#48BB8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BB8D

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BB8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BB8D	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AE8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A390

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bb8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.125 163.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d0ae',
    500: '#48bb8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bb8d;
$custom-light: #86d0ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bb8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71433,
    "c": 0.12474,
    "h": 163.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BB8D

secondary

#C996AA

accent

#5287D5

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BB8D

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

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