#48BC96#48BC96

#48BC96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.119 H 168.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BC96
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 150)
HSL	hsl(160, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(160, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 20.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, -41.77, 9.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 42.87, 166.98°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.1165 0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.119 168)
XYZ	xyz(26.1580, 39.5435, 35.1024)
Luminance	0.3955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BC96 #BC486E

analogous

#48BC5C #48BC96 #48A8BC

triadic

#48BC96 #9648BC #BC9648

tetradic

#48BC96 #5C48BC #BC486E #A8BC48

square

#48BC96 #5C48BC #BC486E #A8BC48

split-complementary

#48BC96 #BC48A8 #BC5C48

monochromatic

#256550 #359273 #48BC96 #75CCB0 #A2DDC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#48BC96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#48BC96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BC96

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BC96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BC96	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B094

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bc96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.119 168.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1b4',
    500: '#48bc96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bc96;
$custom-light: #87d1b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bc96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.345,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71915,
    "c": 0.11906,
    "h": 168
  },
  "luminance": 0.39546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BC96

secondary

#CA96A7

accent

#527DD6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BC96

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

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