#48D1BC#48D1BC

#48D1BC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.121 H 180.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D1BC
RGB	rgb(72, 209, 188)
HSL	hsl(171, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(171, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 10%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.44, -41.62, -0.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.44, 41.62, 180.55°)
OKLab	oklab(78.18% -0.1209 -0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(78.18% 0.121 180.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.5458, 50.6057, 55.5144)
Luminance	0.5061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D1BC #D1485D

analogous

#48D178 #48D1BC #48A1D1

triadic

#48D1BC #BC48D1 #D1BC48

tetradic

#48D1BC #7848D1 #D1485D #A1D148

square

#48D1BC #7848D1 #D1485D #A1D148

split-complementary

#48D1BC #D148A1 #D17848

monochromatic

#207F70 #2CB09B #48D1BC #79DDCE #AAEAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#48D1BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#48D1BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D1BC

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D1BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D1BC	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C5BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B7BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d1bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 209, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.121 180.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be0d0',
    500: '#48d1bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d1bc;
$custom-light: #8be0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d1bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.803,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78175,
    "c": 0.12093,
    "h": 180.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D1BC

secondary

#863743

accent

#455DE3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D1BC

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

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