#48D5C8#48D5C8

#48D5C8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.120 H 186.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D5C8
RGB	rgb(72, 213, 200)
HSL	hsl(174, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(174, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 6.1%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.95, -40.26, -4.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.95, 40.52, 186.55°)
OKLab	oklab(79.51% -0.1196 -0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(79.51% 0.12 186.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.8872, 53.1322, 62.9439)
Luminance	0.5314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D5C8 #D54855

analogous

#48D581 #48D5C8 #489BD5

triadic

#48D5C8 #C848D5 #D5C848

tetradic

#48D5C8 #8148D5 #D54855 #9BD548

square

#48D5C8 #8148D5 #D54855 #9BD548

split-complementary

#48D5C8 #D5489B #D58148

monochromatic

#1E847B #2AB6A9 #48D5C8 #7AE0D7 #ACECE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#48D5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#48D5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D5C8

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D5C8	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACAC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BACA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 213, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.120 186.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de2d8',
    500: '#48d5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d5c8;
$custom-light: #8de2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.468,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79513,
    "c": 0.12036,
    "h": 186.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D5C8

secondary

#8B363E

accent

#4251E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D5C8

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

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