#48D4D8#48D4D8

#48D4D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.117 H 197.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D4D8
RGB	rgb(72, 212, 216)
HSL	hsl(182, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(182, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 1.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.12, -35.41, -12.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.12, 37.70, 200.09°)
OKLab	oklab(79.8% -0.1117 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(79.8% 0.117 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.6051, 53.4182, 73.2286)
Luminance	0.5342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D4D8 #D84C48

analogous

#48D894 #48D4D8 #488CD8

triadic

#48D4D8 #D848D4 #D4D848

tetradic

#48D4D8 #9448D8 #D84C48 #8CD848

square

#48D4D8 #9448D8 #D84C48 #8CD848

split-complementary

#48D4D8 #D8488C #D89448

monochromatic

#1D8689 #28B7BB #48D4D8 #7AE0E3 #ADECEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#48D4D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#48D4D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D4D8

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D4D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D4D8	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CAD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BAD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d4d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 212, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.117 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee1e4',
    500: '#48d4d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d4d8;
$custom-light: #8ee1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d4d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.667,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79804,
    "c": 0.11737,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D4D8

secondary

#8F3836

accent

#4540E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D4D8

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

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