#48D5DA#48D5DA

#48D5DA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.118 H 198.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D5DA
RGB	rgb(72, 213, 218)
HSL	hsl(182, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(182, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 2.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.48, -35.31, -13.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.48, 37.80, 200.91°)
OKLab	oklab(80.11% -0.1119 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(80.11% 0.118 198.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.1160, 54.0237, 74.6822)
Luminance	0.5403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D5DA #DA4D48

analogous

#48DA96 #48D5DA #488CDA

triadic

#48D5DA #DA48D5 #D5DA48

tetradic

#48D5DA #9648DA #DA4D48 #8CDA48

square

#48D5DA #9648DA #DA4D48 #8CDA48

split-complementary

#48D5DA #DA488C #DA9648

monochromatic

#1C888B #26B9BE #48D5DA #7BE1E4 #AEECEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#48D5DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#48D5DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D5DA

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D5DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D5DA	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CBDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BBDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d5da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 213, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.118 198.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee2e5',
    500: '#48d5da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d5da;
$custom-light: #8ee2e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d5da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.055,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80111,
    "c": 0.11799,
    "h": 198.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D5DA

secondary

#913835

accent

#443FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D5DA

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

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