#48D5D7#48D5D7

#48D5D7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.118 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D5D7
RGB	rgb(72, 213, 215)
HSL	hsl(181, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(181, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0.9%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.38, -36.15, -12.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.38, 38.10, 198.39°)
OKLab	oklab(80.01% -0.1132 -0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(80.01% 0.118 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.7270, 53.8681, 72.6334)
Luminance	0.5387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D5D7 #D74A48

analogous

#48D792 #48D5D7 #488ED7

triadic

#48D5D7 #D748D5 #D5D748

tetradic

#48D5D7 #9248D7 #D74A48 #8ED748

square

#48D5D7 #9248D7 #D74A48 #8ED748

split-complementary

#48D5D7 #D7488E #D79248

monochromatic

#1E8687 #29B7B9 #48D5D7 #7AE1E2 #ACECED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#48D5D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#48D5D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D5D7

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D5D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D5D7	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CBD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BBD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d5d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 213, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.118 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee2e3',
    500: '#48d5d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d5d7;
$custom-light: #8ee2e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d5d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.839,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80007,
    "c": 0.11797,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D5D7

secondary

#8D3736

accent

#4341E7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D5D7

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

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