#48D5C2#48D5C2

#48D5C2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.122 H 182.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D5C2
RGB	rgb(72, 213, 194)
HSL	hsl(172, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(172, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 8.9%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.79, -41.84, -1.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.79, 41.87, 182.25°)
OKLab	oklab(79.33% -0.1223 -0.0051)
OKLCH	oklch(79.33% 0.122 182.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1997, 52.8572, 59.3231)
Luminance	0.5286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D5C2 #D5485B

analogous

#48D57B #48D5C2 #48A1D5

triadic

#48D5C2 #C248D5 #D5C248

tetradic

#48D5C2 #7B48D5 #D5485B #A1D548

square

#48D5C2 #7B48D5 #D5485B #A1D548

split-complementary

#48D5C2 #D548A1 #D57B48

monochromatic

#1E8477 #2AB6A3 #48D5C2 #7AE0D3 #ACECE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#48D5C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#48D5C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D5C2

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D5C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D5C2	1.00	1.81	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBC9C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BAC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d5c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 213, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.122 182.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce2d4',
    500: '#48d5c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d5c2;
$custom-light: #8ce2d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d5c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.915,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79327,
    "c": 0.1224,
    "h": 182.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D5C2

secondary

#8B3642

accent

#4258E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D5C2

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

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