#48BC86#48BC86

#48BC86 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.132 H 159.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BC86
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 134)
HSL	hsl(152, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(152, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 28.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, -45.33, 17.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 48.72, 158.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% -0.124 0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.132 159.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.9565, 39.0629, 28.7743)
Luminance	0.3906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BC86 #BC487E

analogous

#48BC4C #48BC86 #48B8BC

triadic

#48BC86 #8648BC #BC8648

tetradic

#48BC86 #4C48BC #BC487E #B8BC48

square

#48BC86 #4C48BC #BC487E #B8BC48

split-complementary

#48BC86 #BC48B8 #BC4C48

monochromatic

#256547 #359267 #48BC86 #75CCA4 #A2DDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#48BC86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#48BC86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BC86

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BC86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BC86	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)

#BAAF83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bc86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.132 159.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1a9',
    500: '#48bc86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bc86;
$custom-light: #86d1a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bc86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.069,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71517,
    "c": 0.13203,
    "h": 159.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BC86

secondary

#CA96AE

accent

#528FD6

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BC86

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

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