#48BD89#48BD89

#48BD89 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.131 H 161.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BD89
RGB	rgb(72, 189, 137)
HSL	hsl(153, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(153, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 0%, 27.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -45.11, 16.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 48.12, 159.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% -0.1236 0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.131 161)
XYZ	xyz(25.3830, 39.5765, 29.9634)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BD89 #BD487C

analogous

#48BD4E #48BD89 #48B7BD

triadic

#48BD89 #8948BD #BD8948

tetradic

#48BD89 #4E48BD #BD487C #B7BD48

square

#48BD89 #4E48BD #BD487C #B7BD48

split-complementary

#48BD89 #BD48B7 #BD4E48

monochromatic

#256649 #359369 #48BD89 #75CDA6 #A2DDC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#48BD89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#48BD89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BD89

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BD89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BD89	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB086

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA48C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bd89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 189, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.131 161.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d2ab',
    500: '#48bd89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bd89;
$custom-light: #87d2ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bd89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.333,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71841,
    "c": 0.13079,
    "h": 161
  },
  "luminance": 0.39579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BD89

secondary

#CA97AE

accent

#518CD7

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BD89

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

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