#48BC90#48BC90

#48BC90 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.124 H 164.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BC90
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 144)
HSL	hsl(157, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(157, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 23.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, -43.14, 12.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 44.99, 163.55°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% -0.1193 0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.124 164.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.6872, 39.3551, 32.6227)
Luminance	0.3936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BC90 #BC4874

analogous

#48BC56 #48BC90 #48AEBC

triadic

#48BC90 #9048BC #BC9048

tetradic

#48BC90 #5648BC #BC4874 #AEBC48

square

#48BC90 #5648BC #BC4874 #AEBC48

split-complementary

#48BC90 #BC48AE #BC5648

monochromatic

#25654D #35926F #48BC90 #75CCAB #A2DDC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#48BC90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#48BC90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BC90

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BC90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BC90	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)

#B8AF8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A493

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bc90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.124 164.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1b0',
    500: '#48bc90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bc90;
$custom-light: #87d1b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bc90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.241,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7176,
    "c": 0.12365,
    "h": 164.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BC90

secondary

#CA96AA

accent

#5284D6

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BC90

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

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