#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
RGB	rgb(72, 212, 197)
HSL	hsl(174, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(174, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 7.1%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.57, -40.61, -3.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.57, 40.76, 185.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.18% -0.1199 -0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(79.18% 0.12 184.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.2893, 52.4918, 61.0319)
Luminance	0.5250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##48D4C5	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #48D4C5

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

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