#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
RGBrgb(72, 213, 208)
HSLhsl(178, 63%, 56%)
HSVhsv(178, 66%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(66.2%, 0%, 2.3%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(78.18, -38.10, -8.57)
CIE-LCHlch(78.18, 39.05, 192.69°)
OKLaboklab(79.77% -0.1161 -0.0239)
OKLCHoklch(79.77% 0.119 191.6)
XYZxyz(37.8467, 53.5160, 67.9973)
Luminance0.5352 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##48D5D01.001.7911.7011.70
#FFFFFF1.791.0021.0021.00
#00000011.7021.001.001.00
##00000011.7021.001.001.00

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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#48D5D0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva