#48D4BA#48D4BA

#48D4BA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.125 H 178.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D4BA
RGB	rgb(72, 212, 186)
HSL	hsl(169, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(169, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 12.3%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.28, -43.45, 1.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.28, 43.49, 177.49°)
OKLab	oklab(78.85% -0.1249 0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(78.85% 0.125 178)
XYZ	xyz(35.0746, 52.0060, 54.6345)
Luminance	0.5201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D4BA #D44862

analogous

#48D474 #48D4BA #48A8D4

triadic

#48D4BA #BA48D4 #D4BA48

tetradic

#48D4BA #7448D4 #D44862 #A8D448

square

#48D4BA #7448D4 #D44862 #A8D448

split-complementary

#48D4BA #D448A8 #D47448

monochromatic

#1F8370 #2AB49B #48D4BA #7AE0CD #ABEBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#48D4BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#48D4BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D4BA

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D4BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D4BA	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC7B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B9BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d4ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 212, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.125 178.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce2ce',
    500: '#48d4ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d4ba;
$custom-light: #8ce2ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d4ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.857,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78846,
    "c": 0.12495,
    "h": 178
  },
  "luminance": 0.5201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D4BA

secondary

#8A3646

accent

#4361E5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D4BA

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

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