#48D5D2#48D5D2

#48D5D2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.118 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48D5D2
RGBrgb(72, 213, 210)
HSLhsl(179, 63%, 56%)
HSVhsv(179, 66%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(66.2%, 0%, 1.4%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(78.24, -37.55, -9.56)
CIE-LCHlch(78.24, 38.74, 194.29°)
OKLaboklab(79.84% -0.1153 -0.0266)
OKLCHoklch(79.84% 0.118 193)
XYZxyz(38.0943, 53.6150, 69.3013)
Luminance0.5362 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48D5D2 #D5484B
analogous
#48D58B #48D5D2 #4892D5
triadic
#48D5D2 #D248D5 #D5D248
tetradic
#48D5D2 #8B48D5 #D5484B #92D548
square
#48D5D2 #8B48D5 #D5484B #92D548
split-complementary
#48D5D2 #D54892 #D58B48
monochromatic
#1E8482 #2AB6B3 #48D5D2 #7AE0DE #ACECEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79
#48D5D2 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72
#48D5D2 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D5D2
11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48D5D2#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48D5D21.001.7911.7211.72
#FFFFFF1.791.0021.0021.00
#00000011.7221.001.001.00
##00000011.7221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C8CBD2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B3BBD3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DBD4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48d5d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 213, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.118 193.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de2df',
    500: '#48d5d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48d5d2;
$custom-light: #8de2df;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48d5d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.723,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79838,
    "c": 0.11832,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.53619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48D5D2
secondary
#8B3638
accent
#4246E6
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F5FCFC
border
#CFD5D5
text
#0E1515
muted
#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D5D2

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#48D5D2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva