#48DCBE#48DCBE

#48DCBE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.131 H 176.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DCBE
RGB	rgb(72, 220, 190)
HSL	hsl(168, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(168, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 13.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.77, -45.91, 3.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.77, 46.03, 175.79°)
OKLab	oklab(80.91% -0.1311 0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(80.91% 0.131 176.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.5554, 56.2776, 57.5886)
Luminance	0.5628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DCBE #DC4866

analogous

#48DC74 #48DCBE #48B0DC

triadic

#48DCBE #BE48DC #DCBE48

tetradic

#48DCBE #7448DC #DC4866 #B0DC48

square

#48DCBE #7448DC #DC4866 #B0DC48

split-complementary

#48DCBE #DC48B0 #DC7448

monochromatic

#1B8E77 #25C2A2 #48DCBE #7BE6D0 #AFF0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#48DCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#48DCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DCBE

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DCBE	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4CFBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBFC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 220, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.131 176.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de7d1',
    500: '#48dcbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dcbe;
$custom-light: #8de7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.838,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80908,
    "c": 0.13138,
    "h": 176.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DCBE

secondary

#943548

accent

#3D60EB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DCBE

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

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