#48D7BD#48D7BD

#48D7BD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.127 H 178.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D7BD
RGB	rgb(72, 215, 189)
HSL	hsl(169, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(169, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 12.1%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.26, -44.00, 1.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.26, 44.03, 177.77°)
OKLab	oklab(79.66% -0.1265 0.0039)
OKLCH	oklch(79.66% 0.127 178.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.1538, 53.6487, 56.5841)
Luminance	0.5365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D7BD #D74862

analogous

#48D776 #48D7BD #48AAD7

triadic

#48D7BD #BD48D7 #D7BD48

tetradic

#48D7BD #7648D7 #D74862 #AAD748

square

#48D7BD #7648D7 #D74862 #AAD748

split-complementary

#48D7BD #D748AA #D77648

monochromatic

#1E8774 #29B99F #48D7BD #7AE2CF #ACEDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#48D7BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#48D7BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D7BD

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D7BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D7BD	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFCABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABBBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DACF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d7bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 215, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.127 178.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce4d0',
    500: '#48d7bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d7bd;
$custom-light: #8ce4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d7bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.091,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79664,
    "c": 0.12661,
    "h": 178.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D7BD

secondary

#8D3646

accent

#415FE7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D7BD

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

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