#48D3B4#48D3B4

#48D3B4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.127 H 175.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D3B4
RGB	rgb(72, 211, 180)
HSL	hsl(167, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(167, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 0%, 14.7%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.83, -44.52, 4.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.83, 44.74, 174.26°)
OKLab	oklab(78.43% -0.1266 0.0112)
OKLCH	oklch(78.43% 0.127 175)
XYZ	xyz(34.2009, 51.2578, 51.2625)
Luminance	0.5126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D3B4 #D34867

analogous

#48D36F #48D3B4 #48ACD3

triadic

#48D3B4 #B448D3 #D3B448

tetradic

#48D3B4 #6F48D3 #D34867 #ACD348

square

#48D3B4 #6F48D3 #D34867 #ACD348

split-complementary

#48D3B4 #D348AC #D36F48

monochromatic

#1F816C #2BB395 #48D3B4 #79DFC8 #ABEBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#48D3B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#48D3B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D3B4

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D3B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D3B4	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC6B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B8B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d3b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 211, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.127 175.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be1ca',
    500: '#48d3b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d3b4;
$custom-light: #8be1ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d3b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.619,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7843,
    "c": 0.12707,
    "h": 175
  },
  "luminance": 0.51262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D3B4

secondary

#893749

accent

#4367E4

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D3B4

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

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