#48D7BA#48D7BA

#48D7BA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.128 H 176.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D7BA
RGB	rgb(72, 215, 186)
HSL	hsl(168, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(168, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 13.5%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.18, -44.75, 3.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.18, 44.87, 175.90°)
OKLab	oklab(79.58% -0.1279 0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(79.58% 0.128 176.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.8315, 53.5198, 54.8868)
Luminance	0.5352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D7BA #D74865

analogous

#48D773 #48D7BA #48ADD7

triadic

#48D7BA #BA48D7 #D7BA48

tetradic

#48D7BA #7348D7 #D74865 #ADD748

square

#48D7BA #7348D7 #D74865 #ADD748

split-complementary

#48D7BA #D748AD #D77348

monochromatic

#1E8772 #29B99C #48D7BA #7AE2CD #ACEDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#48D7BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#48D7BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D7BA

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D7BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D7BA	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFCAB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBBBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d7ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 215, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.128 176.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce4ce',
    500: '#48d7ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d7ba;
$custom-light: #8ce4ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d7ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.832,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79577,
    "c": 0.12815,
    "h": 176.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D7BA

secondary

#8D3648

accent

#4162E7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D7BA

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

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