#48D4C9#48D4C9

#48D4C9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.119 H 187.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D4C9
RGB	rgb(72, 212, 201)
HSL	hsl(175, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(175, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 5.2%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.68, -39.54, -5.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.68, 39.93, 187.99°)
OKLab	oklab(79.3% -0.1182 -0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(79.3% 0.119 187.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.7537, 52.6776, 63.4778)
Luminance	0.5268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D4C9 #D44853

analogous

#48D483 #48D4C9 #4899D4

triadic

#48D4C9 #C948D4 #D4C948

tetradic

#48D4C9 #8348D4 #D44853 #99D448

square

#48D4C9 #8348D4 #D44853 #99D448

split-complementary

#48D4C9 #D44899 #D48348

monochromatic

#1F837B #2AB4AA #48D4C9 #7AE0D8 #ABEBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#48D4C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#48D4C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D4C9

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D4C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D4C9	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C9C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BACA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d4c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 212, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.119 187.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de2d9',
    500: '#48d4c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d4c9;
$custom-light: #8de2d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d4c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.286,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79304,
    "c": 0.11922,
    "h": 187.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D4C9

secondary

#8A363D

accent

#4350E5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D4C9

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

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