#48BB8F#48BB8F

#48BB8F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.123 H 164.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BB8F
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 143)
HSL	hsl(157, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(157, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 0%, 23.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, -42.94, 12.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 44.81, 163.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% -0.1187 0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.123 164.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.3982, 38.8989, 32.1510)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BB8F #BB4874

analogous

#48BB55 #48BB8F #48AEBB

triadic

#48BB8F #8F48BB #BB8F48

tetradic

#48BB8F #5548BB #BB4874 #AEBB48

square

#48BB8F #5548BB #BB4874 #AEBB48

split-complementary

#48BB8F #BB48AE #BB5548

monochromatic

#25644C #36906E #48BB8F #75CCAA #A1DCC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#48BB8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#48BB8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BB8F

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BB8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BB8F	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AE8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A392

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bb8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.123 164.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d0af',
    500: '#48bb8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bb8f;
$custom-light: #86d0af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bb8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.043,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71483,
    "c": 0.12313,
    "h": 164.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BB8F

secondary

#C996A9

accent

#5285D5

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BB8F

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

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