#48D5D0#48D5D0

#48D5D0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.119 H 191.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D5D0
RGB	rgb(72, 213, 208)
HSL	hsl(178, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(178, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 2.3%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.18, -38.10, -8.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.18, 39.05, 192.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% -0.1161 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.119 191.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.8467, 53.5160, 67.9973)
Luminance	0.5352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D5D0 #D5484D

analogous

#48D589 #48D5D0 #4893D5

triadic

#48D5D0 #D048D5 #D5D048

tetradic

#48D5D0 #8948D5 #D5484D #93D548

square

#48D5D0 #8948D5 #D5484D #93D548

split-complementary

#48D5D0 #D54893 #D58948

monochromatic

#1E8481 #2AB6B1 #48D5D0 #7AE0DD #ACECEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#48D5D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#48D5D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D5D0

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D5D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D5D0	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CAD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BBD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d5d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 213, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.119 191.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de2de',
    500: '#48d5d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d5d0;
$custom-light: #8de2de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d5d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.872,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79771,
    "c": 0.11858,
    "h": 191.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D5D0

secondary

#8B3639

accent

#4248E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D5D0

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

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