#48CDB9#48CDB9

#48CDB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.118 H 181.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CDB9
RGB	rgb(72, 205, 185)
HSL	hsl(171, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(171, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 9.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.16, -40.62, -0.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.16, 40.62, 180.91°)
OKLab	oklab(77.11% -0.1182 -0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(77.11% 0.118 181.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2566, 48.5395, 53.5059)
Luminance	0.4854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CDB9 #CD485C

analogous

#48CD76 #48CDB9 #489FCD

triadic

#48CDB9 #B948CD #CDB948

tetradic

#48CDB9 #7648CD #CD485C #9FCD48

square

#48CDB9 #7648CD #CD485C #9FCD48

split-complementary

#48CDB9 #CD489F #CD7648

monochromatic

#21796C #2EA997 #48CDB9 #78DACB #A8E7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#48CDB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#48CDB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CDB9

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CDB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CDB9	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C1B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B3BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cdb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 205, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.118 181.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bddce',
    500: '#48cdb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cdb9;
$custom-light: #8bddce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cdb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.977,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7711,
    "c": 0.1182,
    "h": 181.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CDB9

secondary

#D59CA5

accent

#475EE0

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CDB9

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

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