#48D2C5#48D2C5

#48D2C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.119 H 186.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D2C5
RGB	rgb(72, 210, 197)
HSL	hsl(174, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(174, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 0%, 6.2%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.98, -39.71, -4.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.98, 39.96, 186.39°)
OKLab	oklab(78.7% -0.1179 -0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(78.7% 0.119 186.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7925, 51.4981, 60.8663)
Luminance	0.5150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D2C5 #D24855

analogous

#48D280 #48D2C5 #489AD2

triadic

#48D2C5 #C548D2 #D2C548

tetradic

#48D2C5 #8048D2 #D24855 #9AD248

square

#48D2C5 #8048D2 #D24855 #9AD248

split-complementary

#48D2C5 #D2489A #D28048

monochromatic

#208077 #2CB1A5 #48D2C5 #79DED5 #AAEAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#48D2C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#48D2C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D2C5

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D2C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D2C5	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)

#C7C7C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B8C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d2c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 210, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.119 186.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce0d6',
    500: '#48d2c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d2c5;
$custom-light: #8ce0d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d2c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.348,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78695,
    "c": 0.11861,
    "h": 186.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D2C5

secondary

#87373E

accent

#4453E4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D2C5

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

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