#48BC8B#48BC8B

#48BC8B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.128 H 162.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BC8B
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 139)
HSL	hsl(155, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(155, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 26.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, -44.26, 15.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 46.83, 160.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.64% -0.1216 0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(71.64% 0.128 162.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.3135, 39.2057, 30.6545)
Luminance	0.3921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BC8B #BC4879

analogous

#48BC51 #48BC8B #48B3BC

triadic

#48BC8B #8B48BC #BC8B48

tetradic

#48BC8B #5148BC #BC4879 #B3BC48

square

#48BC8B #5148BC #BC4879 #B3BC48

split-complementary

#48BC8B #BC48B3 #BC5148

monochromatic

#25654A #35926B #48BC8B #75CCA7 #A2DDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#48BC8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#48BC8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BC8B

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BC8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BC8B	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)

#B9AF88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A38E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bc8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.128 162.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1ad',
    500: '#48bc8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bc8b;
$custom-light: #86d1ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bc8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.655,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71636,
    "c": 0.12774,
    "h": 162.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BC8B

secondary

#CA96AC

accent

#528AD6

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BC8B

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

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