#48CDBF#48CDBF

#48CDBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.116 H 185.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CDBF
RGB	rgb(72, 205, 191)
HSL	hsl(174, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(174, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 6.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.33, -39.05, -3.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.33, 39.22, 185.34°)
OKLab	oklab(77.3% -0.1155 -0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(77.3% 0.116 185.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.9034, 48.7982, 56.9123)
Luminance	0.4880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CDBF #CD4856

analogous

#48CD7D #48CDBF #4899CD

triadic

#48CDBF #BF48CD #CDBF48

tetradic

#48CDBF #7D48CD #CD4856 #99CD48

square

#48CDBF #7D48CD #CD4856 #99CD48

split-complementary

#48CDBF #CD4899 #CD7D48

monochromatic

#217970 #2EA99D #48CDBF #78DAD0 #A8E7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#48CDBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#48CDBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CDBF

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CDBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CDBF	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C2BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB3C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cdbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 205, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.116 185.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bddd2',
    500: '#48cdbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cdbf;
$custom-light: #8bddd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cdbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.684,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77296,
    "c": 0.11597,
    "h": 185.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CDBF

secondary

#D59CA2

accent

#4758E0

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CDBF

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

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