#48D4D2#48D4D2

#48D4D2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.118 H 193.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D4D2
RGB	rgb(72, 212, 210)
HSL	hsl(179, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(179, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 0.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.94, -37.09, -10.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.94, 38.41, 195.09°)
OKLab	oklab(79.6% -0.1143 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(79.6% 0.118 193.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.8436, 53.1135, 69.2178)
Luminance	0.5312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D4D2 #D4484A

analogous

#48D48C #48D4D2 #4890D4

triadic

#48D4D2 #D248D4 #D4D248

tetradic

#48D4D2 #8C48D4 #D4484A #90D448

square

#48D4D2 #8C48D4 #D4484A #90D448

split-complementary

#48D4D2 #D44890 #D48C48

monochromatic

#1F8381 #2AB4B2 #48D4D2 #7AE0DE #ABEBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#48D4D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#48D4D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D4D2

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D4D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D4D2	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CAD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BAD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d4d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 212, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.118 193.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de1df',
    500: '#48d4d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d4d2;
$custom-light: #8de1df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d4d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.143,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79599,
    "c": 0.11762,
    "h": 193.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D4D2

secondary

#8A3638

accent

#4345E5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D4D2

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

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