#48D5CC#48D5CC

#48D5CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.119 H 188.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D5CC
RGB	rgb(72, 213, 204)
HSL	hsl(176, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(176, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 4.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.06, -39.19, -6.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.06, 39.74, 189.56°)
OKLab	oklab(79.64% -0.1179 -0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(79.64% 0.119 188.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3608, 53.3216, 65.4381)
Luminance	0.5333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D5CC #D54851

analogous

#48D585 #48D5CC #4897D5

triadic

#48D5CC #CC48D5 #D5CC48

tetradic

#48D5CC #8548D5 #D54851 #97D548

square

#48D5CC #8548D5 #D54851 #97D548

split-complementary

#48D5CC #D54897 #D58548

monochromatic

#1E847E #2AB6AD #48D5CC #7AE0DA #ACECE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#48D5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#48D5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D5CC

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D5CC	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BBCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 213, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.119 188.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de2db',
    500: '#48d5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d5cc;
$custom-light: #8de2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.17,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79641,
    "c": 0.11933,
    "h": 188.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D5CC

secondary

#8B363C

accent

#424DE6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D5CC

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

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