#48D1C8#48D1C8

#48D1C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.117 H 188.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D1C8
RGB	rgb(72, 209, 200)
HSL	hsl(176, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(176, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 4.3%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.77, -38.45, -6.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.77, 38.97, 189.41°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% -0.1156 -0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.117 188.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.8935, 51.1448, 62.6126)
Luminance	0.5115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D1C8 #D14851

analogous

#48D183 #48D1C8 #4896D1

triadic

#48D1C8 #C848D1 #D1C848

tetradic

#48D1C8 #8348D1 #D14851 #96D148

square

#48D1C8 #8348D1 #D14851 #96D148

split-complementary

#48D1C8 #D14896 #D18348

monochromatic

#207F79 #2CB0A7 #48D1C8 #79DDD7 #AAEAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#48D1C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#48D1C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D1C8

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D1C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D1C8	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C6C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B7C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d1c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 209, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.117 188.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdfd8',
    500: '#48d1c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d1c8;
$custom-light: #8cdfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d1c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.058,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78549,
    "c": 0.11698,
    "h": 188.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D1C8

secondary

#86373C

accent

#454FE3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D1C8

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

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