#48D4C4#48D4C4

#48D4C4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.121 H 184.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D4C4
RGB	rgb(72, 212, 196)
HSL	hsl(173, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(173, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 7.5%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.55, -40.87, -3.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.55, 40.99, 184.30°)
OKLab	oklab(79.15% -0.1204 -0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(79.15% 0.121 184.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.1751, 52.4462, 60.4305)
Luminance	0.5245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D4C4 #D44858

analogous

#48D47E #48D4C4 #489ED4

triadic

#48D4C4 #C448D4 #D4C448

tetradic

#48D4C4 #7E48D4 #D44858 #9ED448

square

#48D4C4 #7E48D4 #D44858 #9ED448

split-complementary

#48D4C4 #D4489E #D47E48

monochromatic

#1F8377 #2AB4A5 #48D4C4 #7AE0D4 #ABEBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#48D4C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#48D4C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D4C4

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D4C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D4C4	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC8C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B9C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d4c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 212, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.121 184.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce2d5',
    500: '#48d4c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d4c4;
$custom-light: #8ce2d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d4c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.143,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79147,
    "c": 0.12073,
    "h": 184.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D4C4

secondary

#8A3640

accent

#4355E5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D4C4

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

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