#48BC95#48BC95

#48BC95 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.120 H 167.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BC95
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 149)
HSL	hsl(160, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(160, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 20.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, -42.00, 10.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 43.21, 166.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% -0.1169 0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.12 167.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.0778, 39.5114, 34.6801)
Luminance	0.3951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BC95 #BC486F

analogous

#48BC5B #48BC95 #48A9BC

triadic

#48BC95 #9548BC #BC9548

tetradic

#48BC95 #5B48BC #BC486F #A9BC48

square

#48BC95 #5B48BC #BC486F #A9BC48

split-complementary

#48BC95 #BC48A9 #BC5B48

monochromatic

#25654F #359273 #48BC95 #75CCAF #A2DDC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#48BC95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#48BC95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BC95

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BC95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BC95	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)

#B8B093

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A498

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bc95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.120 167.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1b4',
    500: '#48bc95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bc95;
$custom-light: #87d1b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bc95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.828,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71889,
    "c": 0.1198,
    "h": 167.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BC95

secondary

#CA96A7

accent

#527ED6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BC95

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

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