#48D1CF#48D1CF

#48D1CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.116 H 193.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D1CF
RGB	rgb(72, 209, 207)
HSL	hsl(179, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(179, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 1%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.97, -36.53, -9.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.97, 37.83, 195.07°)
OKLab	oklab(78.78% -0.1126 -0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(78.78% 0.116 193.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7304, 51.4795, 67.0201)
Luminance	0.5148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D1CF #D1484A

analogous

#48D18A #48D1CF #488FD1

triadic

#48D1CF #CF48D1 #D1CF48

tetradic

#48D1CF #8A48D1 #D1484A #8FD148

square

#48D1CF #8A48D1 #D1484A #8FD148

split-complementary

#48D1CF #D1488F #D18A48

monochromatic

#207F7D #2CB0AE #48D1CF #79DDDC #AAEAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#48D1CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#48D1CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D1CF

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D1CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D1CF	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB8D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d1cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 209, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.116 193.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddfdd',
    500: '#48d1cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d1cf;
$custom-light: #8ddfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d1cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.124,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7878,
    "c": 0.11584,
    "h": 193.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D1CF

secondary

#863738

accent

#4547E3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D1CF

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

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