#48D5C4#48D5C4

#48D5C4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.122 H 183.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D5C4
RGB	rgb(72, 213, 196)
HSL	hsl(173, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(173, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 8%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.84, -41.32, -2.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.84, 41.40, 183.65°)
OKLab	oklab(79.39% -0.1214 -0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(79.39% 0.122 183.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4259, 52.9477, 60.5140)
Luminance	0.5295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D5C4 #D54859

analogous

#48D57D #48D5C4 #489FD5

triadic

#48D5C4 #C448D5 #D5C448

tetradic

#48D5C4 #7D48D5 #D54859 #9FD548

square

#48D5C4 #7D48D5 #D54859 #9FD548

split-complementary

#48D5C4 #D5489F #D57D48

monochromatic

#1E8478 #2AB6A5 #48D5C4 #7AE0D4 #ACECE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#48D5C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#48D5C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D5C4

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D5C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D5C4	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBC9C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BAC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d5c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 213, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.122 183.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce2d5',
    500: '#48d5c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d5c4;
$custom-light: #8ce2d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d5c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.766,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79389,
    "c": 0.12166,
    "h": 183.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D5C4

secondary

#8B3640

accent

#4256E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D5C4

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

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