#48BC9F#48BC9F

#48BC9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.113 H 173.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BC9F
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 159)
HSL	hsl(165, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(165, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 15.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, -39.60, 5.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 39.93, 172.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% -0.1123 0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.113 173.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.9107, 39.8446, 39.0667)
Luminance	0.3985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BC9F #BC4865

analogous

#48BC65 #48BC9F #489FBC

triadic

#48BC9F #9F48BC #BC9F48

tetradic

#48BC9F #6548BC #BC4865 #9FBC48

square

#48BC9F #6548BC #BC4865 #9FBC48

split-complementary

#48BC9F #BC489F #BC6548

monochromatic

#256555 #35927A #48BC9F #75CCB7 #A2DDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#48BC9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#48BC9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BC9F

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BC9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BC9F	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B19E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A4A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bc9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.113 173.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1bb',
    500: '#48bc9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bc9f;
$custom-light: #87d1bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bc9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72162,
    "c": 0.11299,
    "h": 173.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BC9F

secondary

#CA96A3

accent

#5273D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BC9F

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

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