#48CDB6#48CDB6

#48CDB6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.120 H 179.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CDB6
RGB	rgb(72, 205, 182)
HSL	hsl(170, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(170, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 11.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.09, -41.39, 0.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.09, 41.40, 178.81°)
OKLab	oklab(77.02% -0.1195 0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(77.02% 0.12 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.9433, 48.4141, 51.8556)
Luminance	0.4842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CDB6 #CD485F

analogous

#48CD74 #48CDB6 #48A2CD

triadic

#48CDB6 #B648CD #CDB648

tetradic

#48CDB6 #7448CD #CD485F #A2CD48

square

#48CDB6 #7448CD #CD485F #A2CD48

split-complementary

#48CDB6 #CD48A2 #CD7448

monochromatic

#21796A #2EA994 #48CDB6 #78DAC9 #A8E7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#48CDB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#48CDB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CDB6

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CDB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CDB6	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C1B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B3B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cdb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 205, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.120 179.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8addcb',
    500: '#48cdb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cdb6;
$custom-light: #8addcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cdb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.624,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7702,
    "c": 0.11955,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CDB6

secondary

#D59CA6

accent

#4762E0

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CDB6

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

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