#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
RGB	rgb(72, 210, 201)
HSL	hsl(176, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(176, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 0%, 4.3%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.09, -38.63, -6.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.09, 39.17, 189.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.82% -0.1162 -0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(78.82% 0.118 188.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.2569, 51.6839, 63.3122)
Luminance	0.5169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##48D2C9	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #48D2C9

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

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