#48D7CC#48D7CC

#48D7CC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.121 H 187.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D7CC
RGB	rgb(72, 215, 204)
HSL	hsl(175, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(175, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 5.1%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.66, -40.09, -5.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.66, 40.49, 188.13°)
OKLab	oklab(80.12% -0.1199 -0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(80.12% 0.121 187.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.8670, 54.3339, 65.6069)
Luminance	0.5434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D7CC #D74853

analogous

#48D785 #48D7CC #489BD7

triadic

#48D7CC #CC48D7 #D7CC48

tetradic

#48D7CC #8548D7 #D74853 #9BD748

square

#48D7CC #8548D7 #D74853 #9BD748

split-complementary

#48D7CC #D7489B #D78548

monochromatic

#1E877F #29B9AE #48D7CC #7AE2DA #ACEDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#48D7CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#48D7CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D7CC

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D7CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D7CC	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCCCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BCCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d7cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 215, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.121 187.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de4db',
    500: '#48d7cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d7cc;
$custom-light: #8de4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d7cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.385,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80121,
    "c": 0.12097,
    "h": 187.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D7CC

secondary

#8D363D

accent

#414DE7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D7CC

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

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