#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
RGB	rgb(72, 213, 210)
HSL	hsl(179, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(179, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 1.4%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.24, -37.55, -9.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.24, 38.74, 194.29°)
OKLab	oklab(79.84% -0.1153 -0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(79.84% 0.118 193)
XYZ	xyz(38.0943, 53.6150, 69.3013)
Luminance	0.5362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##48D5D2	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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