#48D8BD#48D8BD

#48D8BD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.128 H 177.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D8BD
RGB	rgb(72, 216, 189)
HSL	hsl(169, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(169, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 12.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.55, -44.43, 2.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.55, 44.49, 177.23°)
OKLab	oklab(79.91% -0.1276 0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(79.91% 0.128 177.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4092, 54.1595, 56.6692)
Luminance	0.5416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D8BD #D84863

analogous

#48D875 #48D8BD #48ABD8

triadic

#48D8BD #BD48D8 #D8BD48

tetradic

#48D8BD #7548D8 #D84863 #ABD848

square

#48D8BD #7548D8 #D84863 #ABD848

split-complementary

#48D8BD #D848AB #D87548

monochromatic

#1D8974 #28BB9F #48D8BD #7AE3CF #ADEEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#48D8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#48D8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D8BD

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D8BD	1.00	1.77	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0CBBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBCBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 216, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.128 177.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce5d0',
    500: '#48d8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d8bd;
$custom-light: #8ce5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.75,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79907,
    "c": 0.12766,
    "h": 177.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D8BD

secondary

#8F3646

accent

#405FE8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D8BD

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

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