#48D0BF#48D0BF

#48D0BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.119 H 183.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D0BF
RGB	rgb(72, 208, 191)
HSL	hsl(173, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(173, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 8.2%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.22, -40.40, -2.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.22, 40.46, 183.30°)
OKLab	oklab(78.02% -0.1186 -0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(78.02% 0.119 183.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.6279, 50.2472, 57.1538)
Luminance	0.5025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D0BF #D04859

analogous

#48D07B #48D0BF #489DD0

triadic

#48D0BF #BF48D0 #D0BF48

tetradic

#48D0BF #7B48D0 #D04859 #9DD048

square

#48D0BF #7B48D0 #D04859 #9DD048

split-complementary

#48D0BF #D0489D #D07B48

monochromatic

#207D72 #2DAE9E #48D0BF #79DDD0 #A9E9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#48D0BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#48D0BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D0BF

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D0BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D0BF	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C4BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B6C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d0bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 208, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.119 183.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdfd2',
    500: '#48d0bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d0bf;
$custom-light: #8bdfd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d0bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 59.13,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78023,
    "c": 0.11876,
    "h": 183.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D0BF

secondary

#853741

accent

#4559E2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D0BF

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

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