#48D0CD#48D0CD

#48D0CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.115 H 192.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D0CD
RGB	rgb(72, 208, 205)
HSL	hsl(179, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(179, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 1.4%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.61, -36.62, -9.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.61, 37.78, 194.23°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% -0.1124 -0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.115 192.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.2428, 50.8932, 65.6591)
Luminance	0.5090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D0CD #D0484B

analogous

#48D089 #48D0CD #488FD0

triadic

#48D0CD #CD48D0 #D0CD48

tetradic

#48D0CD #8948D0 #D0484B #8FD048

square

#48D0CD #8948D0 #D0484B #8FD048

split-complementary

#48D0CD #D0488F #D08948

monochromatic

#207D7B #2DAEAB #48D0CD #79DDDA #A9E9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#48D0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#48D0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D0CD

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D0CD	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C6CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB7CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 208, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.115 192.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdfdc',
    500: '#48d0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d0cd;
$custom-light: #8cdfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.676,
    "s": 59.13,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78474,
    "c": 0.11536,
    "h": 192.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D0CD

secondary

#853739

accent

#4549E2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D0CD

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

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