#48D0BD#48D0BD

#48D0BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.120 H 182.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D0BD
RGB	rgb(72, 208, 189)
HSL	hsl(172, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(172, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 9.1%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.17, -40.92, -1.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.17, 40.94, 181.87°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% -0.1195 -0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.12 182)
XYZ	xyz(34.4093, 50.1598, 56.0026)
Luminance	0.5016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D0BD #D0485B

analogous

#48D079 #48D0BD #489FD0

triadic

#48D0BD #BD48D0 #D0BD48

tetradic

#48D0BD #7948D0 #D0485B #9FD048

square

#48D0BD #7948D0 #D0485B #9FD048

split-complementary

#48D0BD #D0489F #D07948

monochromatic

#207D70 #2DAE9C #48D0BD #79DDCF #A9E9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#48D0BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#48D0BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D0BD

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D0BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D0BD	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B6BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d0bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 208, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.120 182.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdfd0',
    500: '#48d0bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d0bd;
$custom-light: #8bdfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d0bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.618,
    "s": 59.13,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77962,
    "c": 0.11954,
    "h": 182
  },
  "luminance": 0.50164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D0BD

secondary

#853742

accent

#455BE2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D0BD

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

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