#48D5BB#48D5BB

#48D5BB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.126 H 178.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D5BB
RGB	rgb(72, 213, 187)
HSL	hsl(169, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(169, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 12.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.61, -43.63, 1.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.61, 43.67, 177.58°)
OKLab	oklab(79.12% -0.1254 0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(79.12% 0.126 178.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.4320, 52.5501, 55.2799)
Luminance	0.5255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D5BB #D54862

analogous

#48D574 #48D5BB #48A8D5

triadic

#48D5BB #BB48D5 #D5BB48

tetradic

#48D5BB #7448D5 #D54862 #A8D548

square

#48D5BB #7448D5 #D54862 #A8D548

split-complementary

#48D5BB #D548A8 #D57448

monochromatic

#1E8471 #2AB69C #48D5BB #7AE0CD #ACECE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#48D5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#48D5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D5BB

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D5BB	1.00	1.82	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC8BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 213, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.126 178.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce2cf',
    500: '#48d5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d5bb;
$custom-light: #8ce2cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.936,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79119,
    "c": 0.1255,
    "h": 178.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D5BB

secondary

#8B3646

accent

#4260E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D5BB

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

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