#48D9BD#48D9BD

#48D9BD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.129 H 177.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D9BD
RGB	rgb(72, 217, 189)
HSL	hsl(168, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(168, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 12.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.85, -44.87, 2.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.85, 44.94, 176.71°)
OKLab	oklab(80.15% -0.1286 0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(80.15% 0.129 177.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6662, 54.6734, 56.7549)
Luminance	0.5468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D9BD #D94864

analogous

#48D975 #48D9BD #48ADD9

triadic

#48D9BD #BD48D9 #D9BD48

tetradic

#48D9BD #7548D9 #D94864 #ADD948

square

#48D9BD #7548D9 #D94864 #ADD948

split-complementary

#48D9BD #D948AD #D97548

monochromatic

#1D8A75 #27BDA0 #48D9BD #7BE4CF #ADEEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#48D9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#48D9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D9BD

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D9BD	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1CCBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBDBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 217, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.129 177.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de5d0',
    500: '#48d9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d9bd;
$custom-light: #8de5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.414,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8015,
    "c": 0.12872,
    "h": 177.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D9BD

secondary

#903547

accent

#3F60E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D9BD

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

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