#48D5CD#48D5CD

#48D5CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.119 H 189.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D5CD
RGB	rgb(72, 213, 205)
HSL	hsl(177, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(177, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 3.8%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.09, -38.91, -7.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.09, 39.56, 190.33°)
OKLab	oklab(79.67% -0.1174 -0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(79.67% 0.119 189.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4811, 53.3698, 66.0718)
Luminance	0.5337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D5CD #D54850

analogous

#48D586 #48D5CD #4896D5

triadic

#48D5CD #CD48D5 #D5CD48

tetradic

#48D5CD #8648D5 #D54850 #96D548

square

#48D5CD #8648D5 #D54850 #96D548

split-complementary

#48D5CD #D54896 #D58648

monochromatic

#1E847E #2AB6AE #48D5CD #7AE0DB #ACECE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#48D5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#48D5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D5CD

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D5CD	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)

#C9CACD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BBCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 213, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.119 189.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de2dc',
    500: '#48d5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d5cd;
$custom-light: #8de2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.596,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79673,
    "c": 0.11912,
    "h": 189.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D5CD

secondary

#8B363B

accent

#424BE6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D5CD

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

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