#48BC9C#48BC9C

#48BC9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.115 H 171.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BC9C
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 156)
HSL	hsl(163, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(163, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 17%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, -40.34, 6.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 40.87, 170.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% -0.1137 0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.115 171.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.6535, 39.7417, 37.7123)
Luminance	0.3974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BC9C #BC4868

analogous

#48BC62 #48BC9C #48A2BC

triadic

#48BC9C #9C48BC #BC9C48

tetradic

#48BC9C #6248BC #BC4868 #A2BC48

square

#48BC9C #6248BC #BC4868 #A2BC48

split-complementary

#48BC9C #BC48A2 #BC6248

monochromatic

#256553 #359278 #48BC9C #75CCB4 #A2DDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#48BC9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#48BC9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BC9C

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BC9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BC9C	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B09A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A49E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bc9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.115 171.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1b9',
    500: '#48bc9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bc9c;
$custom-light: #87d1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bc9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.448,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72078,
    "c": 0.11489,
    "h": 171.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BC9C

secondary

#CA96A4

accent

#5276D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BC9C

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

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