Palettes / Colors / #048B60

#048B60 — Vivid Teal

#048B60 is a teal color we call Vivid Teal, closest to the named color Teal (#008080). It belongs to the teal family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: teal (#008080) — not an exact match. CSS teal gives you #008080, a different color; use #048B60 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#048B60 is a cool teal color associated with freshness, clarity and balance. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #8B042F; it also sits naturally between #048B1D and #04728B. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 2% · Green 55% · Blue 38%

Cyan 97% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 31% · Key 45%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #048B60

.text { color: #048B60; }
.background { background-color: #048B60; }
.border { border: 3px solid #048B60; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(4, 139, 96); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(161, 94%, 28%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #048B60; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(4, 139, 96, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #048B60; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(4, 139, 96, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#048B60">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#048B60">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #8B042F:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #048B60: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #048B60

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #048B60 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #048B60 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

← #048B5F  ·  #048B61 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #048B60?

#048B60 is Vivid Teal, a teal color (RGB 4, 139, 96). Its closest standard named color is Teal.

What is the RGB and HSL of #048B60?

#048B60 is RGB 4, 139, 96 — HSL 161°, 94%, 28% — CMYK 97%, 0%, 31%, 45%.

What colors go with #048B60?

Its complement is #8B042F; analogous partners are #048B1D and #04728B. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #048B60 for text?

Black text on #048B60 has a contrast ratio of 4.87:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.31:1.