#48D5CE#48D5CE

#48D5CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.119 H 190.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D5CE
RGB	rgb(72, 213, 206)
HSL	hsl(177, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(177, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 3.3%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.12, -38.64, -7.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.12, 39.38, 191.11°)
OKLab	oklab(79.71% -0.117 -0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(79.71% 0.119 190.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.6022, 53.4182, 66.7096)
Luminance	0.5342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D5CE #D5484F

analogous

#48D587 #48D5CE #4895D5

triadic

#48D5CE #CE48D5 #D5CE48

tetradic

#48D5CE #8748D5 #D5484F #95D548

square

#48D5CE #8748D5 #D5484F #95D548

split-complementary

#48D5CE #D54895 #D58748

monochromatic

#1E847F #2AB6AF #48D5CE #7AE0DB #ACECE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#48D5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#48D5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D5CE

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D5CE	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BBCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 213, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.119 190.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de2dc',
    500: '#48d5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d5ce;
$custom-light: #8de2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.021,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79706,
    "c": 0.11892,
    "h": 190.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D5CE

secondary

#8B363A

accent

#424AE6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D5CE

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

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