#48D4D9#48D4D9

#48D4D9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.117 H 198.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D4D9
RGB	rgb(72, 212, 217)
HSL	hsl(182, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(182, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 2.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.15, -35.12, -13.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.15, 37.61, 200.94°)
OKLab	oklab(79.84% -0.1113 -0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(79.84% 0.117 198.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.7348, 53.4700, 73.9115)
Luminance	0.5347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D4D9 #D94D48

analogous

#48D996 #48D4D9 #488CD9

triadic

#48D4D9 #D948D4 #D4D948

tetradic

#48D4D9 #9648D9 #D94D48 #8CD948

square

#48D4D9 #9648D9 #D94D48 #8CD948

split-complementary

#48D4D9 #D9488C #D99648

monochromatic

#1D868A #27B7BD #48D4D9 #7BE0E4 #ADECEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#48D4D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#48D4D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D4D9

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D4D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D4D9	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CBDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BADA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d4d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 212, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.117 198.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee1e4',
    500: '#48d4d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d4d9;
$custom-light: #8ee1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d4d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.069,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79838,
    "c": 0.1174,
    "h": 198.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D4D9

secondary

#903835

accent

#453FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D4D9

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

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