#48D5BE#48D5BE

#48D5BE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.124 H 179.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D5BE
RGB	rgb(72, 213, 190)
HSL	hsl(170, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(170, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 10.8%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.69, -42.87, 0.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.69, 42.87, 179.53°)
OKLab	oklab(79.21% -0.1241 0.0002)
OKLCH	oklch(79.21% 0.124 179.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.7566, 52.6799, 56.9890)
Luminance	0.5268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D5BE #D5485F

analogous

#48D577 #48D5BE #48A5D5

triadic

#48D5BE #BE48D5 #D5BE48

tetradic

#48D5BE #7748D5 #D5485F #A5D548

square

#48D5BE #7748D5 #D5485F #A5D548

split-complementary

#48D5BE #D548A5 #D57748

monochromatic

#1E8474 #2AB69F #48D5BE #7AE0D0 #ACECE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#48D5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#48D5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D5BE

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D5BE	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC9BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BAC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 213, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.124 179.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce2d1',
    500: '#48d5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d5be;
$custom-light: #8ce2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.213,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79207,
    "c": 0.12408,
    "h": 179.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D5BE

secondary

#8B3644

accent

#425DE6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D5BE

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

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