#48CDB3#48CDB3

#48CDB3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.121 H 177.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CDB3
RGB	rgb(72, 205, 179)
HSL	hsl(168, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(168, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 12.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.01, -42.15, 2.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.01, 42.22, 176.79°)
OKLab	oklab(76.93% -0.1209 0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(76.93% 0.121 177.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.6366, 48.2915, 50.2403)
Luminance	0.4829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CDB3 #CD4862

analogous

#48CD71 #48CDB3 #48A5CD

triadic

#48CDB3 #B348CD #CDB348

tetradic

#48CDB3 #7148CD #CD4862 #A5CD48

square

#48CDB3 #7148CD #CD4862 #A5CD48

split-complementary

#48CDB3 #CD48A5 #CD7148

monochromatic

#217968 #2EA991 #48CDB3 #78DAC7 #A8E7DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#48CDB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#48CDB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CDB3

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CDB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CDB3	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C1B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B3B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cdb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 205, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.121 177.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8addc9',
    500: '#48cdb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cdb3;
$custom-light: #8addc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cdb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.271,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76932,
    "c": 0.12103,
    "h": 177.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CDB3

secondary

#D59CA7

accent

#4765E0

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CDB3

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

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