#48D0C8#48D0C8

#48D0C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.116 H 189.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D0C8
RGB	rgb(72, 208, 200)
HSL	hsl(176, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(176, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 3.8%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.47, -37.99, -6.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.47, 38.60, 190.16°)
OKLab	oklab(78.31% -0.1146 -0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(78.31% 0.116 189.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6489, 50.6556, 62.5311)
Luminance	0.5066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D0C8 #D04850

analogous

#48D084 #48D0C8 #4894D0

triadic

#48D0C8 #C848D0 #D0C848

tetradic

#48D0C8 #8448D0 #D04850 #94D048

square

#48D0C8 #8448D0 #D04850 #94D048

split-complementary

#48D0C8 #D04894 #D08448

monochromatic

#207D78 #2DAEA6 #48D0C8 #79DDD7 #A9E9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#48D0C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#48D0C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D0C8

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D0C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D0C8	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C5C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B6C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d0c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 208, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.116 189.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdfd8',
    500: '#48d0c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d0c8;
$custom-light: #8cdfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d0c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.471,
    "s": 59.13,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78309,
    "c": 0.11617,
    "h": 189.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D0C8

secondary

#85373C

accent

#454FE2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D0C8

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

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