#48D4BC#48D4BC

#48D4BC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.124 H 179.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D4BC
RGB	rgb(72, 212, 188)
HSL	hsl(170, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(170, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 11.3%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.34, -42.94, 0.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.34, 42.95, 178.79°)
OKLab	oklab(78.91% -0.124 0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(78.91% 0.124 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.2887, 52.0916, 55.7621)
Luminance	0.5210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D4BC #D44860

analogous

#48D476 #48D4BC #48A6D4

triadic

#48D4BC #BC48D4 #D4BC48

tetradic

#48D4BC #7648D4 #D44860 #A6D448

square

#48D4BC #7648D4 #D44860 #A6D448

split-complementary

#48D4BC #D448A6 #D47648

monochromatic

#1F8372 #2AB49D #48D4BC #7AE0CE #ABEBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#48D4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#48D4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D4BC

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D4BC	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBC8BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B9BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 212, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.124 179.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce2d0',
    500: '#48d4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d4bc;
$custom-light: #8ce2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.714,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78905,
    "c": 0.12398,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D4BC

secondary

#8A3645

accent

#435FE5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D4BC

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

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