#48D0BE#48D0BE

#48D0BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.119 H 182.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D0BE
RGB	rgb(72, 208, 190)
HSL	hsl(172, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(172, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 8.7%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.19, -40.66, -1.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.19, 40.70, 182.58°)
OKLab	oklab(77.99% -0.119 -0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(77.99% 0.119 182.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5183, 50.2033, 56.5762)
Luminance	0.5021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D0BE #D0485A

analogous

#48D07A #48D0BE #489ED0

triadic

#48D0BE #BE48D0 #D0BE48

tetradic

#48D0BE #7A48D0 #D0485A #9ED048

square

#48D0BE #7A48D0 #D0485A #9ED048

split-complementary

#48D0BE #D0489E #D07A48

monochromatic

#207D71 #2DAE9D #48D0BE #79DDCF #A9E9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#48D0BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#48D0BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D0BE

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D0BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D0BE	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C4BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B6C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d0be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 208, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.119 182.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdfd1',
    500: '#48d0be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d0be;
$custom-light: #8bdfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d0be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.059,
    "s": 59.13,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77993,
    "c": 0.11914,
    "h": 182.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D0BE

secondary

#853741

accent

#455AE2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D0BE

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

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