#48D5BD#48D5BD

#48D5BD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.125 H 179.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D5BD
RGB	rgb(72, 213, 189)
HSL	hsl(170, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(170, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 11.3%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.66, -43.13, 0.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.66, 43.14, 178.88°)
OKLab	oklab(79.18% -0.1245 0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(79.18% 0.125 179.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.6476, 52.6364, 56.4154)
Luminance	0.5264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D5BD #D54860

analogous

#48D576 #48D5BD #48A6D5

triadic

#48D5BD #BD48D5 #D5BD48

tetradic

#48D5BD #7648D5 #D54860 #A6D548

square

#48D5BD #7648D5 #D54860 #A6D548

split-complementary

#48D5BD #D548A6 #D57648

monochromatic

#1E8473 #2AB69E #48D5BD #7AE0CF #ACECE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#48D5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#48D5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D5BD

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D5BD	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC9BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BABF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 213, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.125 179.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce2d0',
    500: '#48d5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d5bd;
$custom-light: #8ce2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.787,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79177,
    "c": 0.12454,
    "h": 179.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D5BD

secondary

#8B3645

accent

#425EE6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D5BD

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

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