#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
RGBrgb(72, 213, 217)
HSLhsl(182, 66%, 57%)
HSVhsv(182, 67%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(66.8%, 1.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(78.45, -35.59, -13.00)
CIE-LCHlch(78.45, 37.89, 200.07°)
OKLaboklab(80.08% -0.1123 -0.0361)
OKLCHoklch(80.08% 0.118 197.8)
XYZxyz(38.9856, 53.9715, 73.9951)
Luminance0.5398 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##48D5D91.001.7811.8011.80
#FFFFFF1.781.0021.0021.00
#00000011.8021.001.001.00
##00000011.8021.001.001.00

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

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#48D5D9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva