#48BC9E#48BC9E

#48BC9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.114 H 172.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BC9E
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 158)
HSL	hsl(164, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(164, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 16%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, -39.85, 5.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 40.24, 172.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% -0.1127 0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.114 172.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.8243, 39.8100, 38.6116)
Luminance	0.3981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BC9E #BC4866

analogous

#48BC64 #48BC9E #48A0BC

triadic

#48BC9E #9E48BC #BC9E48

tetradic

#48BC9E #6448BC #BC4866 #A0BC48

square

#48BC9E #6448BC #BC4866 #A0BC48

split-complementary

#48BC9E #BC48A0 #BC6448

monochromatic

#256554 #35927A #48BC9E #75CCB6 #A2DDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#48BC9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#48BC9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BC9E

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BC9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BC9E	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)

#B6B09D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A4A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bc9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.114 172.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1ba',
    500: '#48bc9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bc9e;
$custom-light: #87d1ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bc9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.483,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72134,
    "c": 0.11361,
    "h": 172.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BC9E

secondary

#CA96A3

accent

#5274D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BC9E

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

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