#48D2B9#48D2B9

#48D2B9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.123 H 178.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D2B9
RGB	rgb(72, 210, 185)
HSL	hsl(169, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(169, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 0%, 11.9%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.66, -42.83, 1.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.66, 42.86, 177.94°)
OKLab	oklab(78.33% -0.1233 0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(78.33% 0.123 178.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.4718, 50.9699, 53.9110)
Luminance	0.5097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D2B9 #D24861

analogous

#48D274 #48D2B9 #48A6D2

triadic

#48D2B9 #B948D2 #D2B948

tetradic

#48D2B9 #7448D2 #D24861 #A6D248

square

#48D2B9 #7448D2 #D24861 #A6D248

split-complementary

#48D2B9 #D248A6 #D27448

monochromatic

#20806F #2CB199 #48D2B9 #79DECC #AAEADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#48D2B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#48D2B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D2B9

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D2B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D2B9	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC6B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B7BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d2b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 210, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.123 178.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be0ce',
    500: '#48d2b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d2b9;
$custom-light: #8be0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d2b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.13,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78329,
    "c": 0.12334,
    "h": 178.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D2B9

secondary

#873745

accent

#4461E4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFA

border

#CED5D3

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D2B9

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

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