#48D5D9#48D5D9

#48D5D9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.118 H 197.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D5D9
RGB	rgb(72, 213, 217)
HSL	hsl(182, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(182, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 1.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.45, -35.59, -13.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.45, 37.89, 200.07°)
OKLab	oklab(80.08% -0.1123 -0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(80.08% 0.118 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.9856, 53.9715, 73.9951)
Luminance	0.5398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D5D9 #D94C48

analogous

#48D995 #48D5D9 #488DD9

triadic

#48D5D9 #D948D5 #D5D948

tetradic

#48D5D9 #9548D9 #D94C48 #8DD948

square

#48D5D9 #9548D9 #D94C48 #8DD948

split-complementary

#48D5D9 #D9488D #D99548

monochromatic

#1D878A #27B9BD #48D5D9 #7BE1E4 #ADECEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#48D5D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#48D5D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D5D9

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D5D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D5D9	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CBDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BBDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d5d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 213, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.118 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee2e4',
    500: '#48d5d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d5d9;
$custom-light: #8ee2e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d5d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.655,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80076,
    "c": 0.11797,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D5D9

secondary

#903835

accent

#443FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D5D9

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

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