#48BD8A#48BD8A

#48BD8A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.130 H 161.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BD8A
RGB	rgb(72, 189, 138)
HSL	hsl(154, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(154, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 0%, 27%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, -44.90, 16.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 47.74, 160.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.1232 0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.13 161.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.4551, 39.6053, 30.3429)
Luminance	0.3961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BD8A #BD487B

analogous

#48BD4F #48BD8A #48B5BD

triadic

#48BD8A #8A48BD #BD8A48

tetradic

#48BD8A #4F48BD #BD487B #B5BD48

square

#48BD8A #4F48BD #BD487B #B5BD48

split-complementary

#48BD8A #BD48B5 #BD4F48

monochromatic

#256649 #35936A #48BD8A #75CDA7 #A2DDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#48BD8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#48BD8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BD8A

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BD8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BD8A	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	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)

#BAB087

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA48D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bd8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 189, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.130 161.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d2ac',
    500: '#48bd8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bd8a;
$custom-light: #87d2ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bd8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.846,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71864,
    "c": 0.12993,
    "h": 161.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BD8A

secondary

#CA97AD

accent

#518BD7

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BD8A

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

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