#48D4C8#48D4C8

#48D4C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.119 H 186.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D4C8
RGB	rgb(72, 212, 200)
HSL	hsl(175, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(175, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 5.7%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.66, -39.81, -5.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.66, 40.13, 187.24°)
OKLab	oklab(79.27% -0.1186 -0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(79.27% 0.119 186.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.6365, 52.6307, 62.8603)
Luminance	0.5263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D4C8 #D44854

analogous

#48D482 #48D4C8 #489AD4

triadic

#48D4C8 #C848D4 #D4C848

tetradic

#48D4C8 #8248D4 #D44854 #9AD448

square

#48D4C8 #8248D4 #D44854 #9AD448

split-complementary

#48D4C8 #D4489A #D48248

monochromatic

#1F837A #2AB4A9 #48D4C8 #7AE0D7 #ABEBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#48D4C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#48D4C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D4C8

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D4C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D4C8	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C9C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BAC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d4c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 212, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.119 186.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de2d8',
    500: '#48d4c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d4c8;
$custom-light: #8de2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d4c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.857,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79272,
    "c": 0.11949,
    "h": 186.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D4C8

secondary

#8A363E

accent

#4351E5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D4C8

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

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