#48CDBD#48CDBD

#48CDBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.117 H 183.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CDBD
RGB	rgb(72, 205, 189)
HSL	hsl(173, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(173, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 7.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.27, -39.57, -2.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.27, 39.66, 183.83°)
OKLab	oklab(77.23% -0.1164 -0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(77.23% 0.117 183.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.6848, 48.7108, 55.7611)
Luminance	0.4871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CDBD #CD4858

analogous

#48CD7B #48CDBD #489BCD

triadic

#48CDBD #BD48CD #CDBD48

tetradic

#48CDBD #7B48CD #CD4858 #9BCD48

square

#48CDBD #7B48CD #CD4858 #9BCD48

split-complementary

#48CDBD #CD489B #CD7B48

monochromatic

#21796F #2EA99B #48CDBD #78DACE #A8E7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#48CDBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#48CDBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CDBD

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CDBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CDBD	1.00	1.95	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C2BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B3BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cdbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 205, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.117 183.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bddd0',
    500: '#48cdbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cdbd;
$custom-light: #8bddd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cdbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.782,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77233,
    "c": 0.11665,
    "h": 183.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CDBD

secondary

#D59CA3

accent

#475AE0

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CDBD

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

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