#48D0B8#48D0B8

#48D0B8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.122 H 178.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48D0B8
RGBrgb(72, 208, 184)
HSLhsl(169, 59%, 55%)
HSVhsv(169, 65%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(65.4%, 0%, 11.5%, 18.4%)
CIE-LABlab(76.04, -42.20, 1.17)
CIE-LCHlch(76.04, 42.22, 178.42°)
OKLaboklab(77.81% -0.1217 0.0024)
OKLCHoklch(77.81% 0.122 178.9)
XYZxyz(33.8760, 49.9464, 53.1934)
Luminance0.4995 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48D0B8 #D04860
analogous
#48D074 #48D0B8 #48A4D0
triadic
#48D0B8 #B848D0 #D0B848
tetradic
#48D0B8 #7448D0 #D04860 #A4D048
square
#48D0B8 #7448D0 #D04860 #A4D048
split-complementary
#48D0B8 #D048A4 #D07448
monochromatic
#207D6D #2DAE97 #48D0B8 #79DDCB #A9E9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91
#48D0B8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99
#48D0B8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D0B8
10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48D0B8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48D0B81.001.9110.9910.99
#FFFFFF1.911.0021.0021.00
#00000010.9921.001.001.00
##00000010.9921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C8C4B7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B4B6BA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D3C9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48d0b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 208, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.122 178.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdfcd',
    500: '#48d0b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48d0b8;
$custom-light: #8bdfcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48d0b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.412,
    "s": 59.13,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77812,
    "c": 0.12173,
    "h": 178.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48D0B8
secondary
#D79DA7
accent
#4561E2
background
#F9FDFC
surface
#F1FBF9
border
#CBD4D2
text
#0D1513
muted
#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D0B8

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#48D0B8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva