#48BC8A#48BC8A

#48BC8A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.129 H 161.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BC8A
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 138)
HSL	hsl(154, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(154, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 26.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, -44.47, 15.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 47.20, 160.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% -0.1221 0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.129 161.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.2407, 39.1766, 30.2715)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BC8A #BC487A

analogous

#48BC50 #48BC8A #48B4BC

triadic

#48BC8A #8A48BC #BC8A48

tetradic

#48BC8A #5048BC #BC487A #B4BC48

square

#48BC8A #5048BC #BC487A #B4BC48

split-complementary

#48BC8A #BC48B4 #BC5048

monochromatic

#256549 #35926A #48BC8A #75CCA7 #A2DDC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#48BC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#48BC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BC8A

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BC8A	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AF87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A38D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bc8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.129 161.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1ac',
    500: '#48bc8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bc8a;
$custom-light: #86d1ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bc8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.138,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71612,
    "c": 0.12859,
    "h": 161.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BC8A

secondary

#CA96AC

accent

#528BD6

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BC8A

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

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