#48D8BA#48D8BA

#48D8BA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.129 H 176.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D8BA
RGB	rgb(72, 216, 186)
HSL	hsl(168, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(168, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 13.9%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.48, -45.19, 3.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.48, 45.33, 175.39°)
OKLab	oklab(79.82% -0.1289 0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(79.82% 0.129 176)
XYZ	xyz(36.0869, 54.0306, 54.9719)
Luminance	0.5403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D8BA #D84866

analogous

#48D872 #48D8BA #48AED8

triadic

#48D8BA #BA48D8 #D8BA48

tetradic

#48D8BA #7248D8 #D84866 #AED848

square

#48D8BA #7248D8 #D84866 #AED848

split-complementary

#48D8BA #D848AE #D87248

monochromatic

#1D8972 #28BB9C #48D8BA #7AE3CD #ADEEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#48D8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#48D8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D8BA

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D8BA	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0CBB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBCBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 216, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.129 176.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce5ce',
    500: '#48d8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d8ba;
$custom-light: #8ce5ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.5,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79821,
    "c": 0.12923,
    "h": 176
  },
  "luminance": 0.54035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D8BA

secondary

#8F3648

accent

#4063E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D8BA

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

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