#48D5BA#48D5BA

#48D5BA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.126 H 177.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D5BA
RGB	rgb(72, 213, 186)
HSL	hsl(169, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(169, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 12.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.58, -43.89, 2.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.58, 43.95, 176.95°)
OKLab	oklab(79.09% -0.1259 0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(79.09% 0.126 177.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.3254, 52.5075, 54.7181)
Luminance	0.5251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D5BA #D54863

analogous

#48D573 #48D5BA #48A9D5

triadic

#48D5BA #BA48D5 #D5BA48

tetradic

#48D5BA #7348D5 #D54863 #A9D548

square

#48D5BA #7348D5 #D54863 #A9D548

split-complementary

#48D5BA #D548A9 #D57348

monochromatic

#1E8471 #2AB69B #48D5BA #7AE0CD #ACECE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#48D5BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#48D5BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D5BA

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D5BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D5BA	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC8B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d5ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 213, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.126 177.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce2ce',
    500: '#48d5ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d5ba;
$custom-light: #8ce2ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d5ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.511,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7909,
    "c": 0.12601,
    "h": 177.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D5BA

secondary

#8B3646

accent

#4261E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D5BA

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

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