#48D2C9#48D2C9

#48D2C9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.118 H 188.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48D2C9
RGBrgb(72, 210, 201)
HSLhsl(176, 61%, 55%)
HSVhsv(176, 66%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(65.7%, 0%, 4.3%, 17.6%)
CIE-LABlab(77.09, -38.63, -6.43)
CIE-LCHlch(77.09, 39.17, 189.45°)
OKLaboklab(78.82% -0.1162 -0.018)
OKLCHoklch(78.82% 0.118 188.8)
XYZxyz(36.2569, 51.6839, 63.3122)
Luminance0.5169 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48D2C9 #D24851
analogous
#48D284 #48D2C9 #4896D2
triadic
#48D2C9 #C948D2 #D2C948
tetradic
#48D2C9 #8448D2 #D24851 #96D248
square
#48D2C9 #8448D2 #D24851 #96D248
split-complementary
#48D2C9 #D24896 #D28448
monochromatic
#20807A #2CB1A9 #48D2C9 #79DED7 #AAEAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85
#48D2C9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34
#48D2C9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D2C9
11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48D2C9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48D2C91.001.8511.3411.34
#FFFFFF1.851.0021.0021.00
#00000011.3421.001.001.00
##00000011.3421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C7C7C9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B2B8CA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D7CF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48d2c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 210, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.118 188.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce0d9',
    500: '#48d2c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48d2c9;
$custom-light: #8ce0d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48d2c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.087,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78823,
    "c": 0.11757,
    "h": 188.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48D2C9
secondary
#87373C
accent
#444FE4
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F5FCFB
border
#CFD5D4
text
#0D1514
muted
#7F8483

Preview Lab

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#48D2C9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva