#48D7C9#48D7C9

#48D7C9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.122 H 185.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D7C9
RGB	rgb(72, 215, 201)
HSL	hsl(174, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(174, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 6.5%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.57, -40.89, -4.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.57, 41.11, 185.92°)
OKLab	oklab(80.03% -0.1212 -0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(80.03% 0.122 185.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.5106, 54.1914, 63.7301)
Luminance	0.5420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D7C9 #D74856

analogous

#48D782 #48D7C9 #489ED7

triadic

#48D7C9 #C948D7 #D7C948

tetradic

#48D7C9 #8248D7 #D74856 #9ED748

square

#48D7C9 #8248D7 #D74856 #9ED748

split-complementary

#48D7C9 #D7489E #D78248

monochromatic

#1E877D #29B9AB #48D7C9 #7AE2D8 #ACEDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#48D7C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#48D7C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D7C9

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D7C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D7C9	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCBC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BCCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d7c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 215, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.122 185.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de4d9',
    500: '#48d7c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d7c9;
$custom-light: #8de4d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d7c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.126,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80027,
    "c": 0.12181,
    "h": 185.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D7C9

secondary

#8D363E

accent

#4151E7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D7C9

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

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