#48D1BD#48D1BD

#48D1BD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.121 H 181.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D1BD
RGB	rgb(72, 209, 189)
HSL	hsl(171, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(171, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 9.6%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.47, -41.36, -0.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.47, 41.37, 181.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.21% -0.1205 -0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(78.21% 0.121 181.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.6539, 50.6489, 56.0841)
Luminance	0.5065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D1BD #D1485C

analogous

#48D179 #48D1BD #48A0D1

triadic

#48D1BD #BD48D1 #D1BD48

tetradic

#48D1BD #7948D1 #D1485C #A0D148

square

#48D1BD #7948D1 #D1485C #A0D148

split-complementary

#48D1BD #D148A0 #D17948

monochromatic

#207F71 #2CB09C #48D1BD #79DDCF #AAEAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#48D1BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#48D1BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D1BD

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D1BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D1BD	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C5BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B7BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d1bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 209, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.121 181.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be0d0',
    500: '#48d1bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d1bd;
$custom-light: #8be0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d1bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.241,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78205,
    "c": 0.12052,
    "h": 181.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D1BD

secondary

#863743

accent

#455CE3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D1BD

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

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