#48D1BF#48D1BF

#48D1BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.120 H 182.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D1BF
RGB	rgb(72, 209, 191)
HSL	hsl(172, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(172, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 8.6%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.52, -40.84, -1.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.52, 40.89, 182.66°)
OKLab	oklab(78.27% -0.1196 -0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(78.27% 0.12 182.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8725, 50.7364, 57.2354)
Luminance	0.5074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D1BF #D1485A

analogous

#48D17B #48D1BF #489ED1

triadic

#48D1BF #BF48D1 #D1BF48

tetradic

#48D1BF #7B48D1 #D1485A #9ED148

square

#48D1BF #7B48D1 #D1485A #9ED148

split-complementary

#48D1BF #D1489E #D17B48

monochromatic

#207F72 #2CB09E #48D1BF #79DDD0 #AAEAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#48D1BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#48D1BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D1BF

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D1BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D1BF	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C5BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B7C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d1bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 209, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.120 182.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce0d2',
    500: '#48d1bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d1bf;
$custom-light: #8ce0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d1bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.117,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78266,
    "c": 0.11972,
    "h": 182.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D1BF

secondary

#863741

accent

#455AE3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D1BF

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

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