#48D9BB#48D9BB

#48D9BB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.130 H 176.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D9BB
RGB	rgb(72, 217, 187)
HSL	hsl(168, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(168, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 13.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.80, -45.37, 3.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.80, 45.51, 175.49°)
OKLab	oklab(80.09% -0.1295 0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(80.09% 0.13 176.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.4506, 54.5872, 55.6194)
Luminance	0.5459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D9BB #D94866

analogous

#48D973 #48D9BB #48AFD9

triadic

#48D9BB #BB48D9 #D9BB48

tetradic

#48D9BB #7348D9 #D94866 #AFD948

square

#48D9BB #7348D9 #D94866 #AFD948

split-complementary

#48D9BB #D948AF #D97348

monochromatic

#1D8A73 #27BD9E #48D9BB #7BE4CE #ADEEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#48D9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#48D9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D9BB

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D9BB	1.00	1.76	11.92	11.92
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1CCBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBDBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 217, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.130 176.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce5cf',
    500: '#48d9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d9bb;
$custom-light: #8ce5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.586,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80093,
    "c": 0.12977,
    "h": 176.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D9BB

secondary

#903548

accent

#3F62E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1613

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D9BB

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

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