#48D4D0#48D4D0

#48D4D0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.118 H 192.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D4D0
RGB	rgb(72, 212, 208)
HSL	hsl(178, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(178, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 1.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.88, -37.64, -9.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.88, 38.70, 193.47°)
OKLab	oklab(79.53% -0.1151 -0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(79.53% 0.118 192.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.5960, 53.0145, 67.9137)
Luminance	0.5302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D4D0 #D4484C

analogous

#48D48A #48D4D0 #4892D4

triadic

#48D4D0 #D048D4 #D4D048

tetradic

#48D4D0 #8A48D4 #D4484C #92D448

square

#48D4D0 #8A48D4 #D4484C #92D448

split-complementary

#48D4D0 #D44892 #D48A48

monochromatic

#1F8380 #2AB4B0 #48D4D0 #7AE0DD #ABEBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#48D4D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#48D4D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D4D0

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D4D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D4D0	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CAD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BAD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d4d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 212, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.118 192.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de2de',
    500: '#48d4d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d4d0;
$custom-light: #8de2de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d4d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.286,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79532,
    "c": 0.11785,
    "h": 192.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D4D0

secondary

#8A3639

accent

#4347E5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D4D0

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

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