#48D4B5#48D4B5

#48D4B5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.128 H 175.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D4B5
RGB	rgb(72, 212, 181)
HSL	hsl(167, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(167, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 14.6%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.16, -44.70, 4.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.16, 44.92, 174.37°)
OKLab	oklab(78.7% -0.1271 0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(78.7% 0.128 175.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.5524, 51.7971, 51.8840)
Luminance	0.5180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D4B5 #D44867

analogous

#48D46F #48D4B5 #48ADD4

triadic

#48D4B5 #B548D4 #D4B548

tetradic

#48D4B5 #6F48D4 #D44867 #ADD448

square

#48D4B5 #6F48D4 #D44867 #ADD448

split-complementary

#48D4B5 #D448AD #D46F48

monochromatic

#1F836D #2AB496 #48D4B5 #7AE0C9 #ABEBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#48D4B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#48D4B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D4B5

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D4B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D4B5	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC7B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B9B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d4b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 212, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.128 175.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be2cb',
    500: '#48d4b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d4b5;
$custom-light: #8be2cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d4b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.714,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78703,
    "c": 0.12761,
    "h": 175.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D4B5

secondary

#8A3649

accent

#4367E5

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D4B5

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

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