#48BB8E#48BB8E

#48BB8E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.124 H 164.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BB8E
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 142)
HSL	hsl(157, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(157, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 0%, 24.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, -43.16, 13.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 45.18, 162.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% -0.1191 0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.124 164)
XYZ	xyz(25.3228, 38.8688, 31.7538)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BB8E #BB4875

analogous

#48BB54 #48BB8E #48AEBB

triadic

#48BB8E #8E48BB #BB8E48

tetradic

#48BB8E #5448BB #BB4875 #AEBB48

square

#48BB8E #5448BB #BB4875 #AEBB48

split-complementary

#48BB8E #BB48AE #BB5448

monochromatic

#25644B #36906D #48BB8E #75CCAA #A1DCC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#48BB8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#48BB8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BB8E

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BB8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BB8E	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	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)

#B8AE8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A391

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bb8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.124 164.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d0af',
    500: '#48bb8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bb8e;
$custom-light: #86d0af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bb8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.522,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71458,
    "c": 0.12393,
    "h": 164
  },
  "luminance": 0.38871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BB8E

secondary

#C996AA

accent

#5286D5

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BB8E

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

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