#48D1CD#48D1CD

#48D1CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.116 H 192.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D1CD
RGB	rgb(72, 209, 205)
HSL	hsl(178, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(178, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 1.9%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.91, -37.09, -8.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.91, 38.13, 193.42°)
OKLab	oklab(78.71% -0.1134 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(78.71% 0.116 192.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.4874, 51.3823, 65.7406)
Luminance	0.5139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D1CD #D1484C

analogous

#48D188 #48D1CD #4891D1

triadic

#48D1CD #CD48D1 #D1CD48

tetradic

#48D1CD #8848D1 #D1484C #91D148

square

#48D1CD #8848D1 #D1484C #91D148

split-complementary

#48D1CD #D14891 #D18848

monochromatic

#207F7C #2CB0AC #48D1CD #79DDDA #AAEAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#48D1CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#48D1CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D1CD

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D1CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D1CD	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C7CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B7CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d1cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 209, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.116 192.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddfdc',
    500: '#48d1cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d1cd;
$custom-light: #8ddfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d1cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.248,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78713,
    "c": 0.11608,
    "h": 192.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D1CD

secondary

#863739

accent

#4549E3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D1CD

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

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