#48BC85#48BC85

#48BC85 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.133 H 159.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BC85
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 133)
HSL	hsl(152, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(152, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 29.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, -45.54, 18.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 49.11, 158.03°)
OKLab	oklab(71.49% -0.1244 0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(71.49% 0.133 159.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.8870, 39.0351, 28.4087)
Luminance	0.3904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BC85 #BC487F

analogous

#48BC4B #48BC85 #48B9BC

triadic

#48BC85 #8548BC #BC8548

tetradic

#48BC85 #4B48BC #BC487F #B9BC48

square

#48BC85 #4B48BC #BC487F #B9BC48

split-complementary

#48BC85 #BC48B9 #BC4B48

monochromatic

#256546 #359266 #48BC85 #75CCA3 #A2DDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#48BC85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#48BC85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BC85

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BC85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BC85	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAF82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA388

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#03BBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bc85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.133 159.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1a8',
    500: '#48bc85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bc85;
$custom-light: #86d1a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bc85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.552,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71494,
    "c": 0.1329,
    "h": 159.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BC85

secondary

#CA96AF

accent

#5290D6

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BC85

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

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