#48D4BB#48D4BB

#48D4BB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.124 H 178.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D4BB
RGB	rgb(72, 212, 187)
HSL	hsl(169, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(169, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 11.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.31, -43.20, 1.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.31, 43.22, 178.13°)
OKLab	oklab(78.88% -0.1244 0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(78.88% 0.124 178.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.1813, 52.0486, 55.1963)
Luminance	0.5205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D4BB #D44861

analogous

#48D475 #48D4BB #48A7D4

triadic

#48D4BB #BB48D4 #D4BB48

tetradic

#48D4BB #7548D4 #D44861 #A7D448

square

#48D4BB #7548D4 #D44861 #A7D448

split-complementary

#48D4BB #D448A7 #D47548

monochromatic

#1F8371 #2AB49C #48D4BB #7AE0CD #ABEBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#48D4BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#48D4BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D4BB

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D4BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D4BB	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC8BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B9BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d4bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 212, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.124 178.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce2cf',
    500: '#48d4bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d4bb;
$custom-light: #8ce2cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d4bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.286,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78875,
    "c": 0.12446,
    "h": 178.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D4BB

secondary

#8A3645

accent

#4360E5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D4BB

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

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