#48D8B8#48D8B8

#48D8B8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.130 H 174.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D8B8
RGB	rgb(72, 216, 184)
HSL	hsl(167, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(167, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 14.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.43, -45.68, 4.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.43, 45.91, 174.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79.76% -0.1298 0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(79.76% 0.13 174.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.8758, 53.9461, 53.8600)
Luminance	0.5395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D8B8 #D84868

analogous

#48D870 #48D8B8 #48B0D8

triadic

#48D8B8 #B848D8 #D8B848

tetradic

#48D8B8 #7048D8 #D84868 #B0D848

square

#48D8B8 #7048D8 #D84868 #B0D848

split-complementary

#48D8B8 #D848B0 #D87048

monochromatic

#1D8971 #28BB9A #48D8B8 #7AE3CC #ADEEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#48D8B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#48D8B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D8B8

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D8B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D8B8	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1CBB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBCBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d8b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 216, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.130 174.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce5cd',
    500: '#48d8b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d8b8;
$custom-light: #8ce5cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d8b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.667,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79764,
    "c": 0.13034,
    "h": 174.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D8B8

secondary

#8F3649

accent

#4065E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFA

border

#CED5D3

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D8B8

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

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