#48D5CF#48D5CF

#48D5CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.119 H 190.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D5CF
RGB	rgb(72, 213, 207)
HSL	hsl(177, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(177, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 2.8%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.15, -38.37, -8.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.15, 39.21, 191.89°)
OKLab	oklab(79.74% -0.1166 -0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(79.74% 0.119 190.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.7241, 53.4669, 67.3514)
Luminance	0.5347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D5CF #D5484E

analogous

#48D588 #48D5CF #4894D5

triadic

#48D5CF #CF48D5 #D5CF48

tetradic

#48D5CF #8848D5 #D5484E #94D548

square

#48D5CF #8848D5 #D5484E #94D548

split-complementary

#48D5CF #D54894 #D58848

monochromatic

#1E8480 #2AB6B0 #48D5CF #7AE0DC #ACECE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#48D5CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#48D5CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D5CF

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D5CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D5CF	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BBD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d5cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 213, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.119 190.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de2dd',
    500: '#48d5cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d5cf;
$custom-light: #8de2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d5cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.447,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79739,
    "c": 0.11874,
    "h": 190.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D5CF

secondary

#8B363A

accent

#4249E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D5CF

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

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