#48D4B3#48D4B3

#48D4B3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.129 H 173.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D4B3
RGB	rgb(72, 212, 179)
HSL	hsl(166, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(166, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 15.6%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.11, -45.19, 5.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.11, 45.52, 173.18°)
OKLab	oklab(78.65% -0.128 0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(78.65% 0.129 173.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.3486, 51.7156, 50.8109)
Luminance	0.5172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D4B3 #D44869

analogous

#48D46D #48D4B3 #48AFD4

triadic

#48D4B3 #B348D4 #D4B348

tetradic

#48D4B3 #6D48D4 #D44869 #AFD448

square

#48D4B3 #6D48D4 #D44869 #AFD448

split-complementary

#48D4B3 #D448AF #D46D48

monochromatic

#1F836B #2AB494 #48D4B3 #7AE0C8 #ABEBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#48D4B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#48D4B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D4B3

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D4B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D4B3	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC7B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B9B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d4b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 212, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.129 173.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be2c9',
    500: '#48d4b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d4b3;
$custom-light: #8be2c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d4b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.857,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78647,
    "c": 0.12877,
    "h": 173.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D4B3

secondary

#8A364A

accent

#4369E5

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D4B3

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

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