#48D5BF#48D5BF

#48D5BF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.124 H 180.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D5BF
RGB	rgb(72, 213, 191)
HSL	hsl(171, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(171, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 10.3%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.71, -42.61, -0.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.71, 42.62, 180.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79.24% -0.1236 -0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(79.24% 0.124 180.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.8662, 52.7238, 57.5666)
Luminance	0.5273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D5BF #D5485E

analogous

#48D578 #48D5BF #48A5D5

triadic

#48D5BF #BF48D5 #D5BF48

tetradic

#48D5BF #7848D5 #D5485E #A5D548

square

#48D5BF #7848D5 #D5485E #A5D548

split-complementary

#48D5BF #D548A5 #D57848

monochromatic

#1E8474 #2AB6A0 #48D5BF #7AE0D0 #ACECE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#48D5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#48D5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D5BF

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D5BF	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC9BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BAC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 213, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.124 180.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce2d2',
    500: '#48d5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d5bf;
$custom-light: #8ce2d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.638,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79237,
    "c": 0.12364,
    "h": 180.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D5BF

secondary

#8B3643

accent

#425CE6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D5BF

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

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