#48D5C0#48D5C0

#48D5C0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.123 H 181.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D5C0
RGB	rgb(72, 213, 192)
HSL	hsl(171, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(171, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 9.9%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.74, -42.36, -0.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.74, 42.36, 180.88°)
OKLab	oklab(79.27% -0.1232 -0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(79.27% 0.123 181.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.9766, 52.7680, 58.1481)
Luminance	0.5277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D5C0 #D5485D

analogous

#48D579 #48D5C0 #48A3D5

triadic

#48D5C0 #C048D5 #D5C048

tetradic

#48D5C0 #7948D5 #D5485D #A3D548

square

#48D5C0 #7948D5 #D5485D #A3D548

split-complementary

#48D5C0 #D548A3 #D57948

monochromatic

#1E8475 #2AB6A1 #48D5C0 #7AE0D1 #ACECE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#48D5C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#48D5C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D5C0

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D5C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D5C0	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC9BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BAC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d5c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 213, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.123 181.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce2d3',
    500: '#48d5c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d5c0;
$custom-light: #8ce2d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d5c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.064,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79267,
    "c": 0.12321,
    "h": 181.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D5C0

secondary

#8B3643

accent

#425AE6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D5C0

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

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