#48BC87#48BC87

#48BC87 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.131 H 160.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BC87
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 135)
HSL	hsl(153, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(153, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 28.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, -45.12, 17.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 48.34, 158.97°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% -0.1235 0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.131 160.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.0265, 39.0909, 29.1434)
Luminance	0.3909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BC87 #BC487D

analogous

#48BC4D #48BC87 #48B7BC

triadic

#48BC87 #8748BC #BC8748

tetradic

#48BC87 #4D48BC #BC487D #B7BC48

square

#48BC87 #4D48BC #BC487D #B7BC48

split-complementary

#48BC87 #BC48B7 #BC4D48

monochromatic

#256548 #359267 #48BC87 #75CCA4 #A2DDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#48BC87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#48BC87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BC87

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BC87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BC87	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAF84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA38A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bc87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.131 160.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1aa',
    500: '#48bc87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bc87;
$custom-light: #86d1aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bc87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.586,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71541,
    "c": 0.13116,
    "h": 160.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BC87

secondary

#CA96AE

accent

#528ED6

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BC87

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

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