#48D0C0#48D0C0

#48D0C0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.118 H 184.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D0C0
RGB	rgb(72, 208, 192)
HSL	hsl(173, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(173, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 7.7%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.25, -40.13, -2.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.25, 40.23, 184.04°)
OKLab	oklab(78.05% -0.1181 -0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(78.05% 0.118 184)
XYZ	xyz(34.7384, 50.2914, 57.7354)
Luminance	0.5030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D0C0 #D04858

analogous

#48D07C #48D0C0 #489CD0

triadic

#48D0C0 #C048D0 #D0C048

tetradic

#48D0C0 #7C48D0 #D04858 #9CD048

square

#48D0C0 #7C48D0 #D04858 #9CD048

split-complementary

#48D0C0 #D0489C #D07C48

monochromatic

#207D72 #2DAE9F #48D0C0 #79DDD1 #A9E9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#48D0C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#48D0C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D0C0

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D0C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D0C0	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C5BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B6C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d0c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 208, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.118 184.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdfd3',
    500: '#48d0c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d0c0;
$custom-light: #8bdfd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d0c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.941,
    "s": 59.13,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78054,
    "c": 0.11841,
    "h": 184
  },
  "luminance": 0.50295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D0C0

secondary

#853740

accent

#4558E2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D0C0

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

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