#48CDBE#48CDBE

#48CDBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.116 H 184.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CDBE
RGB	rgb(72, 205, 190)
HSL	hsl(173, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(173, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 7.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.30, -39.31, -3.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.30, 39.44, 184.58°)
OKLab	oklab(77.26% -0.1159 -0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(77.26% 0.116 184.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7938, 48.7543, 56.3347)
Luminance	0.4876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CDBE #CD4857

analogous

#48CD7C #48CDBE #489ACD

triadic

#48CDBE #BE48CD #CDBE48

tetradic

#48CDBE #7C48CD #CD4857 #9ACD48

square

#48CDBE #7C48CD #CD4857 #9ACD48

split-complementary

#48CDBE #CD489A #CD7C48

monochromatic

#21796F #2EA99C #48CDBE #78DACF #A8E7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#48CDBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#48CDBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CDBE

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CDBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CDBE	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B3C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cdbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 205, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.116 184.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bddd1',
    500: '#48cdbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cdbe;
$custom-light: #8bddd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cdbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.233,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77264,
    "c": 0.11631,
    "h": 184.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CDBE

secondary

#D59CA3

accent

#4759E0

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CDBE

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

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