#48D4B6#48D4B6

#48D4B6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.127 H 175.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D4B6
RGB	rgb(72, 212, 182)
HSL	hsl(167, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(167, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 14.2%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.18, -44.45, 3.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.18, 44.62, 174.98°)
OKLab	oklab(78.73% -0.1267 0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(78.73% 0.127 175.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.6553, 51.8382, 52.4263)
Luminance	0.5184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D4B6 #D44866

analogous

#48D470 #48D4B6 #48ACD4

triadic

#48D4B6 #B648D4 #D4B648

tetradic

#48D4B6 #7048D4 #D44866 #ACD448

square

#48D4B6 #7048D4 #D44866 #ACD448

split-complementary

#48D4B6 #D448AC #D47048

monochromatic

#1F836D #2AB497 #48D4B6 #7AE0CA #ABEBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#48D4B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#48D4B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D4B6

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D4B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D4B6	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC7B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B9B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d4b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 212, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.127 175.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be2cb',
    500: '#48d4b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d4b6;
$custom-light: #8be2cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d4b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.143,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78731,
    "c": 0.12706,
    "h": 175.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D4B6

secondary

#8A3648

accent

#4366E5

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D4B6

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

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