#48D7BC#48D7BC

#48D7BC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.127 H 177.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D7BC
RGB	rgb(72, 215, 188)
HSL	hsl(169, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(169, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 12.6%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.23, -44.25, 2.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.23, 44.31, 177.14°)
OKLab	oklab(79.64% -0.127 0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(79.64% 0.127 177.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0456, 53.6054, 56.0144)
Luminance	0.5361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D7BC #D74863

analogous

#48D775 #48D7BC #48ABD7

triadic

#48D7BC #BC48D7 #D7BC48

tetradic

#48D7BC #7548D7 #D74863 #ABD748

square

#48D7BC #7548D7 #D74863 #ABD748

split-complementary

#48D7BC #D748AB #D77548

monochromatic

#1E8773 #29B99E #48D7BC #7AE2CE #ACEDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#48D7BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#48D7BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D7BC

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D7BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D7BC	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFCABB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBBBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DACF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d7bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 215, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.127 177.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce4d0',
    500: '#48d7bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d7bc;
$custom-light: #8ce4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d7bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.671,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79635,
    "c": 0.12711,
    "h": 177.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D7BC

secondary

#8D3646

accent

#4160E7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D7BC

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

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