#48CEB5#48CEB5

#48CEB5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.121 H 178.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CEB5
RGB	rgb(72, 206, 181)
HSL	hsl(169, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(169, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 0%, 12.1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.36, -42.09, 1.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.36, 42.12, 177.56°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% -0.121 0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.121 178.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.0803, 48.8529, 51.3933)
Luminance	0.4886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CEB5 #CE4861

analogous

#48CE72 #48CEB5 #48A4CE

triadic

#48CEB5 #B548CE #CEB548

tetradic

#48CEB5 #7248CE #CE4861 #A4CE48

square

#48CEB5 #7248CE #CE4861 #A4CE48

split-complementary

#48CEB5 #CE48A4 #CE7248

monochromatic

#217B6A #2EAB94 #48CEB5 #78DBC9 #A9E8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#48CEB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#48CEB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CEB5

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CEB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CEB5	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C2B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B4B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ceb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 206, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.121 178.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bddcb',
    500: '#48ceb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ceb5;
$custom-light: #8bddcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ceb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.806,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77235,
    "c": 0.12109,
    "h": 178.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CEB5

secondary

#D59DA7

accent

#4764E1

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CEB5

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

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