#48D4C5#48D4C5

#48D4C5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.120 H 184.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48D4C5
RGBrgb(72, 212, 197)
HSLhsl(174, 62%, 56%)
HSVhsv(174, 66%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(66%, 0%, 7.1%, 16.9%)
CIE-LABlab(77.57, -40.61, -3.57)
CIE-LCHlch(77.57, 40.76, 185.02°)
OKLaboklab(79.18% -0.1199 -0.0103)
OKLCHoklch(79.18% 0.12 184.9)
XYZxyz(36.2893, 52.4918, 61.0319)
Luminance0.5250 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48D4C5 #D44857
analogous
#48D47F #48D4C5 #489DD4
triadic
#48D4C5 #C548D4 #D4C548
tetradic
#48D4C5 #7F48D4 #D44857 #9DD448
square
#48D4C5 #7F48D4 #D44857 #9DD448
split-complementary
#48D4C5 #D4489D #D47F48
monochromatic
#1F8378 #2AB4A6 #48D4C5 #7AE0D5 #ABEBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83
#48D4C5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50
#48D4C5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D4C5
11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48D4C5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48D4C51.001.8311.5011.50
#FFFFFF1.831.0021.0021.00
#00000011.5021.001.001.00
##00000011.5021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CAC8C5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B5B9C7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D8CF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48d4c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 212, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.120 184.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce2d6',
    500: '#48d4c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48d4c5;
$custom-light: #8ce2d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48d4c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.571,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79178,
    "c": 0.12039,
    "h": 184.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48D4C5
secondary
#8A363F
accent
#4354E5
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F4FCFB
border
#CED5D4
text
#0D1514
muted
#7F8483

Preview Lab

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#48D4C5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva