#48D5D8#48D5D8

#48D5D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.118 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D5D8
RGB	rgb(72, 213, 216)
HSL	hsl(181, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(181, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 1.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.41, -35.87, -12.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.41, 37.99, 199.23°)
OKLab	oklab(80.04% -0.1127 -0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(80.04% 0.118 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.8559, 53.9197, 73.3122)
Luminance	0.5392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D5D8 #D84B48

analogous

#48D893 #48D5D8 #488DD8

triadic

#48D5D8 #D848D5 #D5D848

tetradic

#48D5D8 #9348D8 #D84B48 #8DD848

square

#48D5D8 #9348D8 #D84B48 #8DD848

split-complementary

#48D5D8 #D8488D #D89348

monochromatic

#1D8689 #28B8BB #48D5D8 #7AE1E3 #ADECEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#48D5D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#48D5D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D5D8

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D5D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D5D8	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CBD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BBD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d5d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 213, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.118 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee2e4',
    500: '#48d5d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d5d8;
$custom-light: #8ee2e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d5d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.25,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80041,
    "c": 0.11797,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D5D8

secondary

#8F3736

accent

#4340E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D5D8

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

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