#48D4CA#48D4CA

#48D4CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.119 H 188.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D4CA
RGB	rgb(72, 212, 202)
HSL	hsl(176, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(176, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 4.7%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.71, -39.27, -6.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.71, 39.73, 188.75°)
OKLab	oklab(79.34% -0.1177 -0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(79.34% 0.119 188.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.8717, 52.7248, 64.0993)
Luminance	0.5273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D4CA #D44852

analogous

#48D484 #48D4CA #4898D4

triadic

#48D4CA #CA48D4 #D4CA48

tetradic

#48D4CA #8448D4 #D44852 #98D448

square

#48D4CA #8448D4 #D44852 #98D448

split-complementary

#48D4CA #D44898 #D48448

monochromatic

#1F837C #2AB4AB #48D4CA #7AE0D8 #ABEBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#48D4CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#48D4CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D4CA

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D4CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D4CA	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C9CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d4ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 212, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.119 188.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de2da',
    500: '#48d4ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d4ca;
$custom-light: #8de2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d4ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.714,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79336,
    "c": 0.11897,
    "h": 188.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D4CA

secondary

#8A363C

accent

#434EE5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D4CA

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

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