#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
RGB	rgb(72, 212, 205)
HSL	hsl(177, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(177, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 3.3%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.80, -38.46, -7.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.80, 39.19, 191.08°)
OKLab	oklab(79.43% -0.1164 -0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(79.43% 0.118 190.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.2304, 52.8683, 65.9882)
Luminance	0.5287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##48D4CD	1.00	1.81	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #48D4CD

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

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