#48D9BC#48D9BC

#48D9BC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.129 H 176.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D9BC
RGB	rgb(72, 217, 188)
HSL	hsl(168, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(168, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 13.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.83, -45.12, 3.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.83, 45.22, 176.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.12% -0.129 0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(80.12% 0.129 176.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5580, 54.6302, 56.1852)
Luminance	0.5463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D9BC #D94865

analogous

#48D974 #48D9BC #48AED9

triadic

#48D9BC #BC48D9 #D9BC48

tetradic

#48D9BC #7448D9 #D94865 #AED948

square

#48D9BC #7448D9 #D94865 #AED948

split-complementary

#48D9BC #D948AE #D97448

monochromatic

#1D8A74 #27BD9F #48D9BC #7BE4CF #ADEEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#48D9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#48D9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D9BC

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D9BC	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1CCBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBDBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 217, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.129 176.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce5d0',
    500: '#48d9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d9bc;
$custom-light: #8ce5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80121,
    "c": 0.12924,
    "h": 176.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D9BC

secondary

#903547

accent

#3F61E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1613

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D9BC

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

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