#48D3BD#48D3BD

#48D3BD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.123 H 180.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D3BD
RGB	rgb(72, 211, 189)
HSL	hsl(171, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(171, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 0%, 10.4%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.06, -42.25, -0.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.06, 42.25, 180.03°)
OKLab	oklab(78.69% -0.1225 -0.0008)
OKLCH	oklch(78.69% 0.123 180.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.1477, 51.6365, 56.2487)
Luminance	0.5164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D3BD #D3485E

analogous

#48D378 #48D3BD #48A3D3

triadic

#48D3BD #BD48D3 #D3BD48

tetradic

#48D3BD #7848D3 #D3485E #A3D348

square

#48D3BD #7848D3 #D3485E #A3D348

split-complementary

#48D3BD #D348A3 #D37848

monochromatic

#1F8172 #2BB39D #48D3BD #79DFCF #ABEBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#48D3BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#48D3BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D3BD

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D3BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D3BD	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC7BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B8BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d3bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 211, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.123 180.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce1d0',
    500: '#48d3bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d3bd;
$custom-light: #8ce1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d3bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.504,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78691,
    "c": 0.12251,
    "h": 180.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D3BD

secondary

#893744

accent

#435DE4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D3BD

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

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