#48BC88#48BC88

#48BC88 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.130 H 160.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BC88
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 136)
HSL	hsl(153, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(153, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 27.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, -44.90, 16.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 47.96, 159.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% -0.123 0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.13 160.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.0973, 39.1192, 29.5159)
Luminance	0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BC88 #BC487C

analogous

#48BC4E #48BC88 #48B6BC

triadic

#48BC88 #8848BC #BC8848

tetradic

#48BC88 #4E48BC #BC487C #B6BC48

square

#48BC88 #4E48BC #BC487C #B6BC48

split-complementary

#48BC88 #BC48B6 #BC4E48

monochromatic

#256548 #359268 #48BC88 #75CCA5 #A2DDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#48BC88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#48BC88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BC88

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BC88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BC88	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)

#BAAF85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA38B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bc88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.130 160.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1aa',
    500: '#48bc88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bc88;
$custom-light: #86d1aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bc88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.103,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71564,
    "c": 0.13029,
    "h": 160.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BC88

secondary

#CA96AD

accent

#528DD6

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BC88

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

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