#48BC98#48BC98

#48BC98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.118 H 169.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BC98
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 152)
HSL	hsl(161, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(161, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 19.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, -41.29, 8.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 42.19, 168.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.1155 0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.118 169.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.3204, 39.6084, 35.9578)
Luminance	0.3961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BC98 #BC486C

analogous

#48BC5E #48BC98 #48A6BC

triadic

#48BC98 #9848BC #BC9848

tetradic

#48BC98 #5E48BC #BC486C #A6BC48

square

#48BC98 #5E48BC #BC486C #A6BC48

split-complementary

#48BC98 #BC48A6 #BC5E48

monochromatic

#256551 #359275 #48BC98 #75CCB1 #A2DDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#48BC98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#48BC98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BC98

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BC98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BC98	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B096

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A49A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bc98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.118 169.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1b6',
    500: '#48bc98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bc98;
$custom-light: #87d1b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bc98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.379,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71968,
    "c": 0.11762,
    "h": 169.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BC98

secondary

#CA96A6

accent

#527BD6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BC98

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

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