#48D5D1#48D5D1

#48D5D1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.118 H 192.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D5D1
RGB	rgb(72, 213, 209)
HSL	hsl(178, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(178, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 1.9%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.21, -37.82, -9.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.21, 38.89, 193.48°)
OKLab	oklab(79.81% -0.1157 -0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(79.81% 0.118 192.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.9702, 53.5654, 68.6473)
Luminance	0.5357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D5D1 #D5484C

analogous

#48D58A #48D5D1 #4892D5

triadic

#48D5D1 #D148D5 #D5D148

tetradic

#48D5D1 #8A48D5 #D5484C #92D548

square

#48D5D1 #8A48D5 #D5484C #92D548

split-complementary

#48D5D1 #D54892 #D58A48

monochromatic

#1E8481 #2AB6B2 #48D5D1 #7AE0DE #ACECEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#48D5D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#48D5D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D5D1

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D5D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D5D1	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8CAD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BBD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d5d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 213, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.118 192.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de2df',
    500: '#48d5d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d5d1;
$custom-light: #8de2df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d5d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.298,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79805,
    "c": 0.11844,
    "h": 192.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D5D1

secondary

#8B3639

accent

#4247E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D5D1

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

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