#48D4B4#48D4B4

#48D4B4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.128 H 174.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D4B4
RGB	rgb(72, 212, 180)
HSL	hsl(166, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(166, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 15.1%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.13, -44.95, 4.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.13, 45.21, 173.77°)
OKLab	oklab(78.68% -0.1276 0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(78.68% 0.128 174.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4501, 51.7562, 51.3455)
Luminance	0.5176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D4B4 #D44868

analogous

#48D46E #48D4B4 #48AED4

triadic

#48D4B4 #B448D4 #D4B448

tetradic

#48D4B4 #6E48D4 #D44868 #AED448

square

#48D4B4 #6E48D4 #D44868 #AED448

split-complementary

#48D4B4 #D448AE #D46E48

monochromatic

#1F836C #2AB495 #48D4B4 #7AE0C8 #ABEBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#48D4B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#48D4B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D4B4

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D4B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D4B4	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC7B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B9B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d4b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 212, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.128 174.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be2ca',
    500: '#48d4b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d4b4;
$custom-light: #8be2ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d4b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.286,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78675,
    "c": 0.12819,
    "h": 174.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D4B4

secondary

#8A3649

accent

#4368E5

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D4B4

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

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