#48BD8D#48BD8D

#48BD8D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.127 H 162.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BD8D
RGB	rgb(72, 189, 141)
HSL	hsl(155, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(155, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 0%, 25.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, -44.24, 14.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 46.62, 161.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% -0.1217 0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.127 162.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.6753, 39.6934, 31.5026)
Luminance	0.3970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BD8D #BD4878

analogous

#48BD52 #48BD8D #48B2BD

triadic

#48BD8D #8D48BD #BD8D48

tetradic

#48BD8D #5248BD #BD4878 #B2BD48

square

#48BD8D #5248BD #BD4878 #B2BD48

split-complementary

#48BD8D #BD48B2 #BD5248

monochromatic

#25664B #35936C #48BD8D #75CDA9 #A2DDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#48BD8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#48BD8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BD8D

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BD8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BD8D	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB08A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA490

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bd8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 189, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.127 162.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1ae',
    500: '#48bd8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bd8d;
$custom-light: #87d1ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bd8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.385,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71937,
    "c": 0.12741,
    "h": 162.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BD8D

secondary

#CA97AC

accent

#5188D7

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BD8D

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

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