#48D7C5#48D7C5

#48D7C5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.123 H 183.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D7C5
RGB	rgb(72, 215, 197)
HSL	hsl(172, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(172, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 8.4%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.47, -41.94, -2.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.47, 42.00, 183.08°)
OKLab	oklab(79.9% -0.123 -0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(79.9% 0.123 183.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.0462, 54.0056, 61.2842)
Luminance	0.5401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D7C5 #D7485A

analogous

#48D77E #48D7C5 #48A2D7

triadic

#48D7C5 #C548D7 #D7C548

tetradic

#48D7C5 #7E48D7 #D7485A #A2D748

square

#48D7C5 #7E48D7 #D7485A #A2D748

split-complementary

#48D7C5 #D748A2 #D77E48

monochromatic

#1E877A #29B9A7 #48D7C5 #7AE2D5 #ACEDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#48D7C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#48D7C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D7C5

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D7C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D7C5	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)

#CDCBC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BCC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d7c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 215, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.123 183.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de4d6',
    500: '#48d7c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d7c5;
$custom-light: #8de4d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d7c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.448,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79903,
    "c": 0.12316,
    "h": 183.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D7C5

secondary

#8D3641

accent

#4156E7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D7C5

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

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