#48D9BF#48D9BF

#48D9BF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.128 H 178.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D9BF
RGB	rgb(72, 217, 191)
HSL	hsl(169, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(169, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 12%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.90, -44.36, 1.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.90, 44.39, 177.95°)
OKLab	oklab(80.21% -0.1277 0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(80.21% 0.128 178.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.8848, 54.7609, 57.9061)
Luminance	0.5476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D9BF #D94862

analogous

#48D977 #48D9BF #48ABD9

triadic

#48D9BF #BF48D9 #D9BF48

tetradic

#48D9BF #7748D9 #D94862 #ABD948

square

#48D9BF #7748D9 #D94862 #ABD948

split-complementary

#48D9BF #D948AB #D97748

monochromatic

#1D8A76 #27BDA2 #48D9BF #7BE4D1 #ADEEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#48D9BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#48D9BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D9BF

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D9BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D9BF	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0CCBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBDC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d9bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 217, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.128 178.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de5d2',
    500: '#48d9bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d9bf;
$custom-light: #8de5d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d9bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.241,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80208,
    "c": 0.12772,
    "h": 178.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D9BF

secondary

#903546

accent

#3F5EE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D9BF

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

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