#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 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(72, 208, 184) |
| HSL | hsl(169, 59%, 55%) |
| HSV | hsv(169, 65%, 82%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 11.5%, 18.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(76.04, -42.20, 1.17) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(76.04, 42.22, 178.42°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.81% -0.1217 0.0024) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.81% 0.122 178.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(33.8760, 49.9464, 53.1934) |
| Luminance | 0.4995 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | cool |
| Family | teal |
Closest named colors
Turquoise (survey)
#06C2AC
ΔE00 4.29
Aquamarine (survey)
#04D8B2
ΔE00 4.44
Seafoam Blue
#78D1B6
ΔE00 4.58
Mediumaquamarine
#66CDAA
ΔE00 4.70
Turquoise
#40E0D0
ΔE00 4.89
Tealish
#24BCA8
ΔE00 5.50
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##48D0B8 | 1.00 | 1.91 | 10.99 | 10.99 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.91 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
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