#48D9BA#48D9BA

#48D9BA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.130 H 175.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D9BA
RGB	rgb(72, 217, 186)
HSL	hsl(167, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(167, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 14.3%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.78, -45.61, 4.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.78, 45.80, 174.90°)
OKLab	oklab(80.06% -0.1299 0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(80.06% 0.13 175.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.3439, 54.5445, 55.0576)
Luminance	0.5455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D9BA #D94867

analogous

#48D972 #48D9BA #48B0D9

triadic

#48D9BA #BA48D9 #D9BA48

tetradic

#48D9BA #7248D9 #D94867 #B0D948

square

#48D9BA #7248D9 #D94867 #B0D948

split-complementary

#48D9BA #D948B0 #D97248

monochromatic

#1D8A73 #27BD9D #48D9BA #7BE4CD #ADEEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#48D9BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#48D9BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D9BA

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D9BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D9BA	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1CCB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBDBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d9ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 217, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.130 175.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce5ce',
    500: '#48d9ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d9ba;
$custom-light: #8ce5ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d9ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.172,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80064,
    "c": 0.13031,
    "h": 175.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D9BA

secondary

#903549

accent

#3F63E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D9BA

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

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