#48D4CF#48D4CF

#48D4CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.118 H 191.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D4CF
RGB	rgb(72, 212, 207)
HSL	hsl(178, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(178, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 2.4%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.85, -37.91, -8.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.85, 38.86, 192.67°)
OKLab	oklab(79.5% -0.1156 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(79.5% 0.118 191.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4733, 52.9654, 67.2678)
Luminance	0.5297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D4CF #D4484D

analogous

#48D489 #48D4CF #4893D4

triadic

#48D4CF #CF48D4 #D4CF48

tetradic

#48D4CF #8948D4 #D4484D #93D448

square

#48D4CF #8948D4 #D4484D #93D448

split-complementary

#48D4CF #D44893 #D48948

monochromatic

#1F837F #2AB4AF #48D4CF #7AE0DC #ABEBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#48D4CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#48D4CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D4CF

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D4CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D4CF	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C9CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BAD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d4cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 212, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.118 191.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de2dd',
    500: '#48d4cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d4cf;
$custom-light: #8de2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d4cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.857,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79499,
    "c": 0.11799,
    "h": 191.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D4CF

secondary

#8A3639

accent

#4349E5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D4CF

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

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