#48D8BC#48D8BC

#48D8BC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.128 H 177.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D8BC
RGB	rgb(72, 216, 188)
HSL	hsl(168, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(168, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 13%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.53, -44.69, 2.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.53, 44.76, 176.61°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% -0.128 0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.128 177.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.3010, 54.1162, 56.0995)
Luminance	0.5412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D8BC #D84864

analogous

#48D874 #48D8BC #48ACD8

triadic

#48D8BC #BC48D8 #D8BC48

tetradic

#48D8BC #7448D8 #D84864 #ACD848

square

#48D8BC #7448D8 #D84864 #ACD848

split-complementary

#48D8BC #D848AC #D87448

monochromatic

#1D8974 #28BB9E #48D8BC #7AE3CE #ADEEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#48D8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#48D8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D8BC

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D8BC	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)

#D0CBBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBCBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 216, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.128 177.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce5d0',
    500: '#48d8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d8bc;
$custom-light: #8ce5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.333,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79878,
    "c": 0.12817,
    "h": 177.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D8BC

secondary

#8F3647

accent

#4061E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D8BC

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

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