#48D4C7#48D4C7

#48D4C7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.120 H 186.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D4C7
RGB	rgb(72, 212, 199)
HSL	hsl(174, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(174, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 6.1%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.63, -40.08, -4.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.63, 40.33, 186.49°)
OKLab	oklab(79.24% -0.1191 -0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(79.24% 0.12 186.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.5200, 52.5841, 62.2468)
Luminance	0.5259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D4C7 #D44855

analogous

#48D481 #48D4C7 #489BD4

triadic

#48D4C7 #C748D4 #D4C748

tetradic

#48D4C7 #8148D4 #D44855 #9BD448

square

#48D4C7 #8148D4 #D44855 #9BD448

split-complementary

#48D4C7 #D4489B #D48148

monochromatic

#1F837A #2AB4A8 #48D4C7 #7AE0D6 #ABEBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#48D4C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#48D4C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D4C7

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D4C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D4C7	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C9C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B9C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d4c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 212, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.120 186.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce2d7',
    500: '#48d4c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d4c7;
$custom-light: #8ce2d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d4c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.429,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79241,
    "c": 0.11977,
    "h": 186.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D4C7

secondary

#8A363E

accent

#4352E5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D4C7

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

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