#48D1BB#48D1BB

#48D1BB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.121 H 180.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D1BB
RGB	rgb(72, 209, 187)
HSL	hsl(170, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(170, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 10.5%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.41, -41.88, 0.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.41, 41.88, 179.86°)
OKLab	oklab(78.15% -0.1214 -0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(78.15% 0.121 180.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.4383, 50.5627, 54.9487)
Luminance	0.5057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D1BB #D1485E

analogous

#48D177 #48D1BB #48A2D1

triadic

#48D1BB #BB48D1 #D1BB48

tetradic

#48D1BB #7748D1 #D1485E #A2D148

square

#48D1BB #7748D1 #D1485E #A2D148

split-complementary

#48D1BB #D148A2 #D17748

monochromatic

#207F70 #2CB09B #48D1BB #79DDCD #AAEADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#48D1BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#48D1BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D1BB

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D1BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D1BB	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C5BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B6BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d1bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 209, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.121 180.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be0cf',
    500: '#48d1bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d1bb;
$custom-light: #8be0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d1bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.365,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78145,
    "c": 0.12137,
    "h": 180.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D1BB

secondary

#863744

accent

#455EE3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D1BB

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

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