#48D0B9#48D0B9

#48D0B9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.121 H 179.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D0B9
RGB	rgb(72, 208, 185)
HSL	hsl(170, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(170, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 11.1%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.06, -41.95, 0.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.06, 41.95, 179.09°)
OKLab	oklab(77.84% -0.1212 0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(77.84% 0.121 179.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.9811, 49.9885, 53.7474)
Luminance	0.4999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D0B9 #D0485F

analogous

#48D075 #48D0B9 #48A3D0

triadic

#48D0B9 #B948D0 #D0B948

tetradic

#48D0B9 #7548D0 #D0485F #A3D048

square

#48D0B9 #7548D0 #D0485F #A3D048

split-complementary

#48D0B9 #D048A3 #D07548

monochromatic

#207D6E #2DAE98 #48D0B9 #79DDCC #A9E9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#48D0B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#48D0B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D0B9

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D0B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D0B9	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C4B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B6BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d0b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 208, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.121 179.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdfce',
    500: '#48d0b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d0b9;
$custom-light: #8bdfce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d0b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.853,
    "s": 59.13,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77842,
    "c": 0.12125,
    "h": 179.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D0B9

secondary

#D79DA7

accent

#4560E2

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D0B9

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

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