#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
RGBrgb(72, 209, 200)
HSLhsl(176, 60%, 55%)
HSVhsv(176, 66%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(65.6%, 0%, 4.3%, 18%)
CIE-LABlab(76.77, -38.45, -6.37)
CIE-LCHlch(76.77, 38.97, 189.41°)
OKLaboklab(78.55% -0.1156 -0.0179)
OKLCHoklch(78.55% 0.117 188.8)
XYZxyz(35.8935, 51.1448, 62.6126)
Luminance0.5115 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##48D1C81.001.8711.2311.23
#FFFFFF1.871.0021.0021.00
#00000011.2321.001.001.00
##00000011.2321.001.001.00

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

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#48D1C8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva