#48D3B8#48D3B8

#48D3B8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.125 H 177.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D3B8
RGB	rgb(72, 211, 184)
HSL	hsl(168, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(168, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 0%, 12.8%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.93, -43.52, 2.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.93, 43.59, 176.75°)
OKLab	oklab(78.54% -0.1248 0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(78.54% 0.125 177.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.6143, 51.4231, 53.4395)
Luminance	0.5143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D3B8 #D34863

analogous

#48D372 #48D3B8 #48A9D3

triadic

#48D3B8 #B848D3 #D3B848

tetradic

#48D3B8 #7248D3 #D34863 #A9D348

square

#48D3B8 #7248D3 #D34863 #A9D348

split-complementary

#48D3B8 #D348A9 #D37248

monochromatic

#1F816E #2BB398 #48D3B8 #79DFCB #ABEBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#48D3B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#48D3B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D3B8

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D3B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D3B8	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBC6B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B8BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d3b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 211, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.125 177.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be1cd',
    500: '#48d3b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d3b8;
$custom-light: #8be1cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d3b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.345,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78544,
    "c": 0.1249,
    "h": 177.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D3B8

secondary

#893747

accent

#4363E4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFA

border

#CED5D3

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D3B8

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

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