#48D7CD#48D7CD

#48D7CD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.121 H 188.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D7CD
RGB	rgb(72, 215, 205)
HSL	hsl(176, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(176, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 4.7%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.68, -39.82, -6.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.68, 40.30, 188.88°)
OKLab	oklab(80.15% -0.1194 -0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(80.15% 0.121 188.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.9873, 54.3821, 66.2405)
Luminance	0.5439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D7CD #D74852

analogous

#48D786 #48D7CD #489AD7

triadic

#48D7CD #CD48D7 #D7CD48

tetradic

#48D7CD #8648D7 #D74852 #9AD748

square

#48D7CD #8648D7 #D74852 #9AD748

split-complementary

#48D7CD #D7489A #D78648

monochromatic

#1E8780 #29B9AF #48D7CD #7AE2DB #ACEDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#48D7CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#48D7CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D7CD

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D7CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D7CD	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCCCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BCCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d7cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 215, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.121 188.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de4dc',
    500: '#48d7cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d7cd;
$custom-light: #8de4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d7cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.804,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80153,
    "c": 0.12072,
    "h": 188.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D7CD

secondary

#8D363C

accent

#414CE7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D7CD

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

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