#48D4DA#48D4DA

#48D4DA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.117 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D4DA
RGB	rgb(72, 212, 218)
HSL	hsl(182, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(182, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 2.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.18, -34.84, -13.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.18, 37.52, 201.79°)
OKLab	oklab(79.87% -0.1109 -0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(79.87% 0.117 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.8653, 53.5222, 74.5986)
Luminance	0.5353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D4DA #DA4E48

analogous

#48DA97 #48D4DA #488BDA

triadic

#48D4DA #DA48D4 #D4DA48

tetradic

#48D4DA #9748DA #DA4E48 #8BDA48

square

#48D4DA #9748DA #DA4E48 #8BDA48

split-complementary

#48D4DA #DA488B #DA9748

monochromatic

#1C878B #26B8BE #48D4DA #7BE0E4 #AEECEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#48D4DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#48D4DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D4DA

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D4DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D4DA	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CBDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBBDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d4da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 212, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.117 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee1e5',
    500: '#48d4da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d4da;
$custom-light: #8ee1e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d4da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.466,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79873,
    "c": 0.11745,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D4DA

secondary

#913935

accent

#463FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D4DA

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

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