#48D5BC#48D5BC

#48D5BC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.125 H 178.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D5BC
RGB	rgb(72, 213, 188)
HSL	hsl(169, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(169, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 11.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.63, -43.38, 1.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.63, 43.40, 178.22°)
OKLab	oklab(79.15% -0.125 0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(79.15% 0.125 178.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.5395, 52.5931, 55.8457)
Luminance	0.5260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D5BC #D54861

analogous

#48D575 #48D5BC #48A7D5

triadic

#48D5BC #BC48D5 #D5BC48

tetradic

#48D5BC #7548D5 #D54861 #A7D548

square

#48D5BC #7548D5 #D54861 #A7D548

split-complementary

#48D5BC #D548A7 #D57548

monochromatic

#1E8472 #2AB69D #48D5BC #7AE0CE #ACECE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#48D5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#48D5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D5BC

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D5BC	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC8BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BABE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 213, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.125 178.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce2d0',
    500: '#48d5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d5bc;
$custom-light: #8ce2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.362,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79148,
    "c": 0.12501,
    "h": 178.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D5BC

secondary

#8B3645

accent

#425FE6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D5BC

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

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