#48D5C7#48D5C7

#48D5C7 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.121 H 185.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D5C7
RGB	rgb(72, 213, 199)
HSL	hsl(174, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(174, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 6.6%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.93, -40.52, -4.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.93, 40.73, 185.81°)
OKLab	oklab(79.48% -0.1201 -0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(79.48% 0.121 185.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.7707, 53.0856, 62.3304)
Luminance	0.5309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D5C7 #D54856

analogous

#48D580 #48D5C7 #489CD5

triadic

#48D5C7 #C748D5 #D5C748

tetradic

#48D5C7 #8048D5 #D54856 #9CD548

square

#48D5C7 #8048D5 #D54856 #9CD548

split-complementary

#48D5C7 #D5489C #D58048

monochromatic

#1E847A #2AB6A8 #48D5C7 #7AE0D6 #ACECE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#48D5C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#48D5C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D5C7

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D5C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D5C7	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC9C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BAC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d5c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 213, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.121 185.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de2d7',
    500: '#48d5c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d5c7;
$custom-light: #8de2d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d5c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.043,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79482,
    "c": 0.12066,
    "h": 185.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D5C7

secondary

#8B363F

accent

#4252E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D5C7

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

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