#48CDB1#48CDB1

#48CDB1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.122 H 176.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48CDB1
RGBrgb(72, 205, 177)
HSLhsl(167, 57%, 54%)
HSVhsv(167, 65%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(64.9%, 0%, 13.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LABlab(74.96, -42.65, 3.37)
CIE-LCHlch(74.96, 42.79, 175.48°)
OKLaboklab(76.87% -0.1218 0.0083)
OKLCHoklch(76.87% 0.122 176.1)
XYZxyz(32.4358, 48.2111, 49.1827)
Luminance0.4822 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48CDB1 #CD4864
analogous
#48CD6E #48CDB1 #48A7CD
triadic
#48CDB1 #B148CD #CDB148
tetradic
#48CDB1 #6E48CD #CD4864 #A7CD48
square
#48CDB1 #6E48CD #CD4864 #A7CD48
split-complementary
#48CDB1 #CD48A7 #CD6E48
monochromatic
#217967 #2EA990 #48CDB1 #78DAC5 #A8E7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97
#48CDB1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64
#48CDB1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CDB1
10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48CDB1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48CDB11.001.9710.6410.64
#FFFFFF1.971.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6421.001.001.00
##00000010.6421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C6C1B0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B3B3B3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D0C5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48cdb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 205, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.122 176.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8addc8',
    500: '#48cdb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48cdb1;
$custom-light: #8addc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48cdb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.368,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76874,
    "c": 0.12209,
    "h": 176.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48CDB1
secondary
#D59CA8
accent
#4768E0
background
#F9FDFC
surface
#F1FBF8
border
#CBD4D1
text
#0D1513
muted
#7E8382

Preview Lab

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#48CDB1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva