#48D5D6#48D5D6

#48D5D6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.118 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D5D6
RGB	rgb(72, 213, 214)
HSL	hsl(180, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(180, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 0.5%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.35, -36.43, -11.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.35, 38.21, 197.56°)
OKLab	oklab(79.97% -0.1136 -0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(79.97% 0.118 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.5989, 53.8169, 71.9587)
Luminance	0.5382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D5D6 #D64948

analogous

#48D690 #48D5D6 #488ED6

triadic

#48D5D6 #D648D5 #D5D648

tetradic

#48D5D6 #9048D6 #D64948 #8ED648

square

#48D5D6 #9048D6 #D64948 #8ED648

split-complementary

#48D5D6 #D6488E #D69048

monochromatic

#1E8586 #29B7B8 #48D5D6 #7AE0E1 #ACECEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#48D5D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#48D5D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D5D6

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D5D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D5D6	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CBD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BBD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d5d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 213, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.118 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee2e2',
    500: '#48d5d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d5d6;
$custom-light: #8ee2e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d5d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.423,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79973,
    "c": 0.118,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D5D6

secondary

#8C3736

accent

#4341E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D5D6

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

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