#48D8BE#48D8BE

#48D8BE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.127 H 178.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D8BE
RGB	rgb(72, 216, 190)
HSL	hsl(169, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(169, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 12%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.58, -44.18, 1.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.58, 44.21, 177.86°)
OKLab	oklab(79.94% -0.1271 0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(79.94% 0.127 178.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.5181, 54.2031, 57.2429)
Luminance	0.5421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D8BE #D84862

analogous

#48D876 #48D8BE #48AAD8

triadic

#48D8BE #BE48D8 #D8BE48

tetradic

#48D8BE #7648D8 #D84862 #AAD848

square

#48D8BE #7648D8 #D84862 #AAD848

split-complementary

#48D8BE #D848AA #D87648

monochromatic

#1D8975 #28BBA0 #48D8BE #7AE3D0 #ADEEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#48D8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#48D8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D8BE

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D8BE	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFCBBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBCC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 216, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.127 178.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce5d1',
    500: '#48d8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d8be;
$custom-light: #8ce5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.167,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79936,
    "c": 0.12716,
    "h": 178.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D8BE

secondary

#8F3646

accent

#405EE8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D8BE

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

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