#48CDBA#48CDBA

#48CDBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.118 H 181.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CDBA
RGB	rgb(72, 205, 186)
HSL	hsl(171, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(171, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 9.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.19, -40.36, -1.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.19, 40.37, 181.63°)
OKLab	oklab(77.14% -0.1177 -0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(77.14% 0.118 181.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.3626, 48.5819, 54.0638)
Luminance	0.4859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CDBA #CD485B

analogous

#48CD78 #48CDBA #489DCD

triadic

#48CDBA #BA48CD #CDBA48

tetradic

#48CDBA #7848CD #CD485B #9DCD48

square

#48CDBA #7848CD #CD485B #9DCD48

split-complementary

#48CDBA #CD489D #CD7848

monochromatic

#21796D #2EA998 #48CDBA #78DACC #A8E7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#48CDBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#48CDBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CDBA

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CDBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CDBA	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C1B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B3BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cdba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 205, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.118 181.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cdba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.429,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77141,
    "c": 0.1178,
    "h": 181.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CDBA

secondary

#D59CA4

accent

#475DE0

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CDBA

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

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