#48D4D7#48D4D7

#48D4D7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.117 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D4D7
RGB	rgb(72, 212, 215)
HSL	hsl(181, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(181, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 1.4%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.09, -35.69, -12.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.09, 37.80, 199.24°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% -0.1122 -0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.117 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.4763, 53.3666, 72.5498)
Luminance	0.5337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D4D7 #D74B48

analogous

#48D793 #48D4D7 #488DD7

triadic

#48D4D7 #D748D4 #D4D748

tetradic

#48D4D7 #9348D7 #D74B48 #8DD748

square

#48D4D7 #9348D7 #D74B48 #8DD748

split-complementary

#48D4D7 #D7488D #D79348

monochromatic

#1E8587 #29B6B9 #48D4D7 #7AE0E2 #ACECED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#48D4D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#48D4D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D4D7

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D4D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D4D7	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CAD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BAD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d4d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 212, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.117 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee1e3',
    500: '#48d4d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d4d7;
$custom-light: #8ee1e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d4d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.259,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79769,
    "c": 0.11738,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D4D7

secondary

#8D3836

accent

#4441E7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D4D7

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

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