#48BC9D#48BC9D

#48BC9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.114 H 172.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BC9D
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 157)
HSL	hsl(164, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(164, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 16.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, -40.09, 6.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 40.55, 171.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% -0.1132 0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.114 172.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.7386, 39.7757, 38.1601)
Luminance	0.3978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BC9D #BC4867

analogous

#48BC63 #48BC9D #48A1BC

triadic

#48BC9D #9D48BC #BC9D48

tetradic

#48BC9D #6348BC #BC4867 #A1BC48

square

#48BC9D #6348BC #BC4867 #A1BC48

split-complementary

#48BC9D #BC48A1 #BC6348

monochromatic

#256554 #359279 #48BC9D #75CCB5 #A2DDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#48BC9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#48BC9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BC9D

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BC9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BC9D	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B09C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A49F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bc9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.114 172.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1b9',
    500: '#48bc9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bc9d;
$custom-light: #87d1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bc9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.966,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72106,
    "c": 0.11425,
    "h": 172.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BC9D

secondary

#CA96A4

accent

#5275D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BC9D

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

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