#48D8BB#48D8BB

#48D8BB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.129 H 176.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D8BB
RGB	rgb(72, 216, 187)
HSL	hsl(168, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(168, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 13.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.50, -44.94, 3.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.50, 45.05, 176.00°)
OKLab	oklab(79.85% -0.1285 0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(79.85% 0.129 176.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.1936, 54.0733, 55.5338)
Luminance	0.5408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D8BB #D84865

analogous

#48D873 #48D8BB #48ADD8

triadic

#48D8BB #BB48D8 #D8BB48

tetradic

#48D8BB #7348D8 #D84865 #ADD848

square

#48D8BB #7348D8 #D84865 #ADD848

split-complementary

#48D8BB #D848AD #D87348

monochromatic

#1D8973 #28BB9D #48D8BB #7AE3CE #ADEEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#48D8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#48D8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D8BB

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D8BB	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0CBBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBCBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 216, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.129 176.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce5cf',
    500: '#48d8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d8bb;
$custom-light: #8ce5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.917,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79849,
    "c": 0.12869,
    "h": 176.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D8BB

secondary

#8F3647

accent

#4062E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D8BB

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

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