#48D3B2#48D3B2

#48D3B2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.128 H 173.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D3B2
RGB	rgb(72, 211, 178)
HSL	hsl(166, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(166, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 0%, 15.6%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.79, -45.01, 5.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.79, 45.34, 173.07°)
OKLab	oklab(78.37% -0.1275 0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(78.37% 0.128 173.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.9987, 51.1768, 50.1972)
Luminance	0.5118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D3B2 #D34869

analogous

#48D36C #48D3B2 #48AFD3

triadic

#48D3B2 #B248D3 #D3B248

tetradic

#48D3B2 #6C48D3 #D34869 #AFD348

square

#48D3B2 #6C48D3 #D34869 #AFD348

split-complementary

#48D3B2 #D348AF #D36C48

monochromatic

#1F816A #2BB393 #48D3B2 #79DFC7 #ABEBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#48D3B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#48D3B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D3B2

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D3B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D3B2	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC6B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B8B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d3b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 211, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.128 173.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be1c9',
    500: '#48d3b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d3b2;
$custom-light: #8be1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d3b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.755,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78374,
    "c": 0.12823,
    "h": 173.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D3B2

secondary

#89374A

accent

#436AE4

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D3B2

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

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