#48D4CD#48D4CD

#48D4CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.118 H 190.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48D4CD
RGBrgb(72, 212, 205)
HSLhsl(177, 62%, 56%)
HSVhsv(177, 66%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(66%, 0%, 3.3%, 16.9%)
CIE-LABlab(77.80, -38.46, -7.53)
CIE-LCHlch(77.80, 39.19, 191.08°)
OKLaboklab(79.43% -0.1164 -0.021)
OKLCHoklch(79.43% 0.118 190.2)
XYZxyz(37.2304, 52.8683, 65.9882)
Luminance0.5287 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48D4CD #D4484F
analogous
#48D487 #48D4CD #4895D4
triadic
#48D4CD #CD48D4 #D4CD48
tetradic
#48D4CD #8748D4 #D4484F #95D448
square
#48D4CD #8748D4 #D4484F #95D448
split-complementary
#48D4CD #D44895 #D48748
monochromatic
#1F837E #2AB4AE #48D4CD #7AE0DB #ABEBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81
#48D4CD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57
#48D4CD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D4CD
11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48D4CD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48D4CD1.001.8111.5711.57
#FFFFFF1.811.0021.0021.00
#00000011.5721.001.001.00
##00000011.5721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C8C9CD
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B3BACE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DAD1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48d4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 212, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.118 190.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de2dc',
    500: '#48d4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48d4cd;
$custom-light: #8de2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48d4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79433,
    "c": 0.11834,
    "h": 190.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48D4CD
secondary
#8A363B
accent
#434BE5
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F5FCFB
border
#CFD5D4
text
#0E1515
muted
#7F8484

Preview Lab

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#48D4CD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva