#48BC94#48BC94

#48BC94 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.121 H 166.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BC94
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 148)
HSL	hsl(159, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(159, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 21.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, -42.23, 10.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 43.56, 165.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.1174 0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.121 166.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.9983, 39.4796, 34.2614)
Luminance	0.3948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BC94 #BC4870

analogous

#48BC5A #48BC94 #48AABC

triadic

#48BC94 #9448BC #BC9448

tetradic

#48BC94 #5A48BC #BC4870 #AABC48

square

#48BC94 #5A48BC #BC4870 #AABC48

split-complementary

#48BC94 #BC48AA #BC5A48

monochromatic

#25654F #359272 #48BC94 #75CCAE #A2DDC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#48BC94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#48BC94 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BC94

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BC94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BC94	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B092

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A497

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bc94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.121 166.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1b3',
    500: '#48bc94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bc94;
$custom-light: #87d1b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bc94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.31,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71862,
    "c": 0.12055,
    "h": 166.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BC94

secondary

#CA96A8

accent

#527FD6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BC94

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

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