#48D0CF#48D0CF

#48D0CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.115 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D0CF
RGB	rgb(72, 208, 207)
HSL	hsl(180, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(180, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 0.5%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.67, -36.07, -10.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.67, 37.51, 195.91°)
OKLab	oklab(78.54% -0.1116 -0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(78.54% 0.115 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.4858, 50.9904, 66.9386)
Luminance	0.5099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D0CF #D04849

analogous

#48D08B #48D0CF #488DD0

triadic

#48D0CF #CF48D0 #D0CF48

tetradic

#48D0CF #8B48D0 #D04849 #8DD048

square

#48D0CF #8B48D0 #D04849 #8DD048

split-complementary

#48D0CF #D0488D #D08B48

monochromatic

#207D7D #2DAEAD #48D0CF #79DDDC #A9E9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#48D0CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#48D0CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D0CF

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D0CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D0CF	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB7D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d0cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 208, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.115 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddfdd',
    500: '#48d0cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d0cf;
$custom-light: #8ddfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d0cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.559,
    "s": 59.13,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78541,
    "c": 0.11517,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D0CF

secondary

#853738

accent

#4547E2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D0CF

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

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