#48BC8D#48BC8D

#48BC8D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.126 H 163.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BC8D
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 141)
HSL	hsl(156, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(156, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 25%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, -43.82, 14.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 46.08, 161.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.1207 0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.126 163.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.4609, 39.2646, 31.4312)
Luminance	0.3927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BC8D #BC4877

analogous

#48BC53 #48BC8D #48B1BC

triadic

#48BC8D #8D48BC #BC8D48

tetradic

#48BC8D #5348BC #BC4877 #B1BC48

square

#48BC8D #5348BC #BC4877 #B1BC48

split-complementary

#48BC8D #BC48B1 #BC5348

monochromatic

#25654B #35926C #48BC8D #75CCA9 #A2DDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#48BC8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#48BC8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BC8D

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BC8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BC8D	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AF8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A490

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bc8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.126 163.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1ae',
    500: '#48bc8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bc8d;
$custom-light: #86d1ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bc8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.69,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71685,
    "c": 0.12608,
    "h": 163.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BC8D

secondary

#CA96AB

accent

#5287D6

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BC8D

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

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