#48D7CA#48D7CA

#48D7CA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.122 H 186.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D7CA
RGB	rgb(72, 215, 202)
HSL	hsl(175, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(175, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 6%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.60, -40.62, -4.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.60, 40.90, 186.65°)
OKLab	oklab(80.06% -0.1208 -0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(80.06% 0.122 186.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.6286, 54.2386, 64.3516)
Luminance	0.5424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D7CA #D74855

analogous

#48D783 #48D7CA #489DD7

triadic

#48D7CA #CA48D7 #D7CA48

tetradic

#48D7CA #8348D7 #D74855 #9DD748

square

#48D7CA #8348D7 #D74855 #9DD748

split-complementary

#48D7CA #D7489D #D78348

monochromatic

#1E877D #29B9AC #48D7CA #7AE2D9 #ACEDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#48D7CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#48D7CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D7CA

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D7CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D7CA	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCBCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BCCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d7ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 215, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.122 186.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de4da',
    500: '#48d7ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d7ca;
$custom-light: #8de4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d7ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.545,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80058,
    "c": 0.12152,
    "h": 186.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D7CA

secondary

#8D363E

accent

#4150E7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D7CA

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

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