#48BC9B#48BC9B

#48BC9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.116 H 171.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BC9B
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 155)
HSL	hsl(163, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(163, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 17.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, -40.58, 7.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 41.19, 170.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.05% -0.1141 0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(72.05% 0.116 171)
XYZ	xyz(26.5692, 39.7080, 37.2682)
Luminance	0.3971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BC9B #BC4869

analogous

#48BC61 #48BC9B #48A3BC

triadic

#48BC9B #9B48BC #BC9B48

tetradic

#48BC9B #6148BC #BC4869 #A3BC48

square

#48BC9B #6148BC #BC4869 #A3BC48

split-complementary

#48BC9B #BC48A3 #BC6148

monochromatic

#256553 #359277 #48BC9B #75CCB3 #A2DDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#48BC9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#48BC9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BC9B

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BC9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BC9B	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B099

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A49D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bc9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.116 171.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1b8',
    500: '#48bc9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bc9b;
$custom-light: #87d1b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bc9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.931,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7205,
    "c": 0.11556,
    "h": 171
  },
  "luminance": 0.39711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BC9B

secondary

#CA96A5

accent

#5277D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BC9B

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

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