#48D8BF#48D8BF

#48D8BF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.127 H 178.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D8BF
RGB	rgb(72, 216, 191)
HSL	hsl(170, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(170, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 11.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.61, -43.93, 1.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.61, 43.94, 178.49°)
OKLab	oklab(79.97% -0.1267 0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(79.97% 0.127 178.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.6278, 54.2469, 57.8205)
Luminance	0.5425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D8BF #D84861

analogous

#48D877 #48D8BF #48A9D8

triadic

#48D8BF #BF48D8 #D8BF48

tetradic

#48D8BF #7748D8 #D84861 #A9D848

square

#48D8BF #7748D8 #D84861 #A9D848

split-complementary

#48D8BF #D848A9 #D87748

monochromatic

#1D8976 #28BBA1 #48D8BF #7AE3D1 #ADEEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#48D8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#48D8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D8BF

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D8BF	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFCBBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBCC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 216, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.127 178.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce5d2',
    500: '#48d8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d8bf;
$custom-light: #8ce5d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.583,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79965,
    "c": 0.12668,
    "h": 178.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D8BF

secondary

#8F3645

accent

#405DE8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D8BF

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

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