#48D5CB#48D5CB

#48D5CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.120 H 188.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D5CB
RGB	rgb(72, 213, 203)
HSL	hsl(176, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(176, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 4.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.04, -39.45, -6.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.04, 39.92, 188.80°)
OKLab	oklab(79.61% -0.1183 -0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(79.61% 0.12 188.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.2413, 53.2738, 64.8085)
Luminance	0.5328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D5CB #D54852

analogous

#48D584 #48D5CB #4898D5

triadic

#48D5CB #CB48D5 #D5CB48

tetradic

#48D5CB #8448D5 #D54852 #98D548

square

#48D5CB #8448D5 #D54852 #98D548

split-complementary

#48D5CB #D54898 #D58448

monochromatic

#1E847D #2AB6AC #48D5CB #7AE0D9 #ACECE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#48D5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#48D5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D5CB

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D5CB	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 213, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.120 188.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de2da',
    500: '#48d5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d5cb;
$custom-light: #8de2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.745,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79609,
    "c": 0.11956,
    "h": 188.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D5CB

secondary

#8B363C

accent

#424EE6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D5CB

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

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