#48CDB4#48CDB4

#48CDB4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.121 H 178.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CDB4
RGB	rgb(72, 205, 180)
HSL	hsl(169, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(169, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 12.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.03, -41.90, 1.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.03, 41.94, 177.46°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% -0.1204 0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.121 178)
XYZ	xyz(32.7381, 48.3321, 50.7748)
Luminance	0.4834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CDB4 #CD4861

analogous

#48CD72 #48CDB4 #48A4CD

triadic

#48CDB4 #B448CD #CDB448

tetradic

#48CDB4 #7248CD #CD4861 #A4CD48

square

#48CDB4 #7248CD #CD4861 #A4CD48

split-complementary

#48CDB4 #CD48A4 #CD7248

monochromatic

#217969 #2EA992 #48CDB4 #78DAC8 #A8E7DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#48CDB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#48CDB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CDB4

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CDB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CDB4	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C1B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B3B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cdb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 205, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.121 178.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8addca',
    500: '#48cdb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cdb4;
$custom-light: #8addca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cdb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.722,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76961,
    "c": 0.12052,
    "h": 178
  },
  "luminance": 0.48336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CDB4

secondary

#D59CA7

accent

#4764E0

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CDB4

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

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