#48BC8E#48BC8E

#48BC8E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.125 H 163.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BC8E
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 142)
HSL	hsl(156, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(156, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 24.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, -43.59, 13.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 45.71, 162.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% -0.1202 0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.125 163.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.5357, 39.2945, 31.8248)
Luminance	0.3930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BC8E #BC4876

analogous

#48BC54 #48BC8E #48B0BC

triadic

#48BC8E #8E48BC #BC8E48

tetradic

#48BC8E #5448BC #BC4876 #B0BC48

square

#48BC8E #5448BC #BC4876 #B0BC48

split-complementary

#48BC8E #BC48B0 #BC5448

monochromatic

#25654B #35926D #48BC8E #75CCAA #A2DDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#48BC8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#48BC8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BC8E

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BC8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BC8E	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AF8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A491

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bc8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.125 163.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1af',
    500: '#48bc8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bc8e;
$custom-light: #87d1af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bc8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.207,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7171,
    "c": 0.12526,
    "h": 163.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BC8E

secondary

#CA96AB

accent

#5286D6

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BC8E

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

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