#48BC91#48BC91

#48BC91 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.123 H 165.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BC91
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 145)
HSL	hsl(158, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(158, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 22.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -42.92, 12.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 44.63, 164.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% -0.1188 0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.123 165.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.7639, 39.3859, 33.0270)
Luminance	0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BC91 #BC4873

analogous

#48BC57 #48BC91 #48ADBC

triadic

#48BC91 #9148BC #BC9148

tetradic

#48BC91 #5748BC #BC4873 #ADBC48

square

#48BC91 #5748BC #BC4873 #ADBC48

split-complementary

#48BC91 #BC48AD #BC5748

monochromatic

#25654D #35926F #48BC91 #75CCAC #A2DDC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#48BC91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#48BC91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BC91

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BC91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BC91	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AF8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A494

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bc91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.123 165.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1b1',
    500: '#48bc91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bc91;
$custom-light: #87d1b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bc91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.759,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71785,
    "c": 0.12286,
    "h": 165.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BC91

secondary

#CA96A9

accent

#5283D6

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F5

border

#CBD2CF

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BC91

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

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