#48CBAD#48CBAD

#48CBAD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.122 H 174.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CBAD
RGB	rgb(72, 203, 173)
HSL	hsl(166, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(166, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0%, 14.8%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.26, -42.77, 4.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.26, 43.01, 173.98°)
OKLab	oklab(76.27% -0.1216 0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(76.27% 0.122 174.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.5676, 47.1033, 46.9552)
Luminance	0.4711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CBAD #CB4866

analogous

#48CB6C #48CBAD #48A7CB

triadic

#48CBAD #AD48CB #CBAD48

tetradic

#48CBAD #6C48CB #CB4866 #A7CB48

square

#48CBAD #6C48CB #CB4866 #A7CB48

split-complementary

#48CBAD #CB48A7 #CB6C48

monochromatic

#227763 #2FA68B #48CBAD #78D9C2 #A7E6D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#48CBAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#48CBAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CBAD

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CBAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CBAD	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BFAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B1AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cbad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 203, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.122 174.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adbc5',
    500: '#48cbad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cbad;
$custom-light: #8adbc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cbad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.26,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76269,
    "c": 0.12209,
    "h": 174.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CBAD

secondary

#D39BA8

accent

#496BDF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CBAD

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

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