#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
RGBrgb(72, 216, 179)
HSLhsl(165, 65%, 56%)
HSVhsv(165, 67%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(66.7%, 0%, 17.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(78.31, -46.90, 7.13)
CIE-LCHlch(78.31, 47.44, 171.35°)
OKLaboklab(79.63% -0.1321 0.0181)
OKLCHoklch(79.63% 0.133 172.2)
XYZxyz(35.3609, 53.7402, 51.1484)
Luminance0.5374 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##48D8B31.001.7911.7511.75
#FFFFFF1.791.0021.0021.00
#00000011.7521.001.001.00
##00000011.7521.001.001.00

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

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#48D8B3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva