#48D3BC#48D3BC

#48D3BC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.123 H 179.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D3BC
RGB	rgb(72, 211, 188)
HSL	hsl(170, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(170, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 0%, 10.9%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.04, -42.50, 0.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.04, 42.51, 179.36°)
OKLab	oklab(78.66% -0.123 0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(78.66% 0.123 179.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.0395, 51.5932, 55.6790)
Luminance	0.5160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D3BC #D3485F

analogous

#48D376 #48D3BC #48A4D3

triadic

#48D3BC #BC48D3 #D3BC48

tetradic

#48D3BC #7648D3 #D3485F #A4D348

square

#48D3BC #7648D3 #D3485F #A4D348

split-complementary

#48D3BC #D348A4 #D37648

monochromatic

#1F8171 #2BB39C #48D3BC #79DFCE #ABEBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#48D3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#48D3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D3BC

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D3BC	1.00	1.86	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC7BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B8BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 211, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.123 179.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce1d0',
    500: '#48d3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d3bc;
$custom-light: #8ce1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.072,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78661,
    "c": 0.12296,
    "h": 179.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D3BC

secondary

#893744

accent

#435EE4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D3BC

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

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