#48D8B3#48D8B3

#48D8B3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.133 H 172.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D8B3
RGB	rgb(72, 216, 179)
HSL	hsl(165, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(165, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 17.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.31, -46.90, 7.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.31, 47.44, 171.35°)
OKLab	oklab(79.63% -0.1321 0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(79.63% 0.133 172.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.3609, 53.7402, 51.1484)
Luminance	0.5374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D8B3 #D8486D

analogous

#48D86B #48D8B3 #48B5D8

triadic

#48D8B3 #B348D8 #D8B348

tetradic

#48D8B3 #6B48D8 #D8486D #B5D848

square

#48D8B3 #6B48D8 #D8486D #B5D848

split-complementary

#48D8B3 #D848B5 #D86B48

monochromatic

#1D896D #28BB95 #48D8B3 #7AE3C8 #ADEEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#48D8B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#48D8B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D8B3

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D8B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D8B3	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1CAB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBCB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d8b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 216, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.133 172.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce5c9',
    500: '#48d8b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d8b3;
$custom-light: #8ce5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d8b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.583,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79626,
    "c": 0.13334,
    "h": 172.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D8B3

secondary

#8F364C

accent

#406BE8

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D8B3

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

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