#48BC8F#48BC8F

#48BC8F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.124 H 164.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BC8F
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 143)
HSL	hsl(157, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(157, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 23.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, -43.37, 13.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 45.35, 163.01°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% -0.1197 0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.124 164.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.6111, 39.3247, 32.2220)
Luminance	0.3933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BC8F #BC4875

analogous

#48BC55 #48BC8F #48AFBC

triadic

#48BC8F #8F48BC #BC8F48

tetradic

#48BC8F #5548BC #BC4875 #AFBC48

square

#48BC8F #5548BC #BC4875 #AFBC48

split-complementary

#48BC8F #BC48AF #BC5548

monochromatic

#25654C #35926E #48BC8F #75CCAA #A2DDC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#48BC8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#48BC8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BC8F

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BC8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BC8F	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AF8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A492

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bc8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.124 164.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1af',
    500: '#48bc8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bc8f;
$custom-light: #87d1af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bc8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.724,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71735,
    "c": 0.12445,
    "h": 164.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BC8F

secondary

#CA96AA

accent

#5285D6

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BC8F

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

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