#48D5CA#48D5CA

#48D5CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.120 H 187.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D5CA
RGB	rgb(72, 213, 202)
HSL	hsl(175, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(175, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 5.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.01, -39.72, -5.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.01, 40.12, 188.04°)
OKLab	oklab(79.58% -0.1188 -0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(79.58% 0.12 187.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.1225, 53.2263, 64.1829)
Luminance	0.5323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D5CA #D54853

analogous

#48D583 #48D5CA #4899D5

triadic

#48D5CA #CA48D5 #D5CA48

tetradic

#48D5CA #8348D5 #D54853 #99D548

square

#48D5CA #8348D5 #D54853 #99D548

split-complementary

#48D5CA #D54899 #D58348

monochromatic

#1E847C #2AB6AB #48D5CA #7AE0D8 #ACECE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#48D5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#48D5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D5CA

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D5CA	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACACA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 213, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.120 187.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de2da',
    500: '#48d5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d5ca;
$custom-light: #8de2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.319,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79577,
    "c": 0.11981,
    "h": 187.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D5CA

secondary

#8B363D

accent

#424FE6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D5CA

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

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