#48D7CB#48D7CB

#48D7CB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.121 H 187.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D7CB
RGB	rgb(72, 215, 203)
HSL	hsl(175, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(175, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 5.6%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.63, -40.36, -5.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.63, 40.69, 187.38°)
OKLab	oklab(80.09% -0.1203 -0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(80.09% 0.121 187)
XYZ	xyz(37.7474, 54.2861, 64.9772)
Luminance	0.5429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D7CB #D74854

analogous

#48D784 #48D7CB #489CD7

triadic

#48D7CB #CB48D7 #D7CB48

tetradic

#48D7CB #8448D7 #D74854 #9CD748

square

#48D7CB #8448D7 #D74854 #9CD748

split-complementary

#48D7CB #D7489C #D78448

monochromatic

#1E877E #29B9AD #48D7CB #7AE2D9 #ACEDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#48D7CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#48D7CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D7CB

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D7CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D7CB	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCCCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BCCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d7cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 215, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.121 187.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de4da',
    500: '#48d7cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d7cb;
$custom-light: #8de4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d7cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.965,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8009,
    "c": 0.12124,
    "h": 187
  },
  "luminance": 0.5429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D7CB

secondary

#8D363D

accent

#414FE7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D7CB

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

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