#48D4CE#48D4CE

#48D4CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.118 H 190.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D4CE
RGB	rgb(72, 212, 206)
HSL	hsl(177, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(177, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 2.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.83, -38.19, -8.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.83, 39.02, 191.87°)
OKLab	oklab(79.47% -0.116 -0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(79.47% 0.118 190.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3515, 52.9167, 66.6260)
Luminance	0.5292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D4CE #D4484E

analogous

#48D488 #48D4CE #4894D4

triadic

#48D4CE #CE48D4 #D4CE48

tetradic

#48D4CE #8848D4 #D4484E #94D448

square

#48D4CE #8848D4 #D4484E #94D448

split-complementary

#48D4CE #D44894 #D48848

monochromatic

#1F837F #2AB4AE #48D4CE #7AE0DB #ABEBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#48D4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#48D4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D4CE

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D4CE	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C9CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BACF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 212, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.118 190.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de2dc',
    500: '#48d4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d4ce;
$custom-light: #8de2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.429,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79466,
    "c": 0.11815,
    "h": 190.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D4CE

secondary

#8A363A

accent

#434AE5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D4CE

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

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