#48D7CE#48D7CE

#48D7CE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.120 H 189.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D7CE
RGB	rgb(72, 215, 206)
HSL	hsl(176, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(176, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 4.2%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.71, -39.55, -6.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.71, 40.11, 189.63°)
OKLab	oklab(80.19% -0.119 -0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(80.19% 0.121 189)
XYZ	xyz(38.1084, 54.4305, 66.8783)
Luminance	0.5444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D7CE #D74851

analogous

#48D787 #48D7CE #4899D7

triadic

#48D7CE #CE48D7 #D7CE48

tetradic

#48D7CE #8748D7 #D74851 #99D748

square

#48D7CE #8748D7 #D74851 #99D748

split-complementary

#48D7CE #D74899 #D78748

monochromatic

#1E8780 #29B9B0 #48D7CE #7AE2DB #ACEDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#48D7CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#48D7CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D7CE

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D7CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D7CE	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCCCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BCCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d7ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 215, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.120 189.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de4dc',
    500: '#48d7ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d7ce;
$custom-light: #8de4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d7ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.224,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80186,
    "c": 0.1205,
    "h": 189
  },
  "luminance": 0.54435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D7CE

secondary

#8D363B

accent

#414BE7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D7CE

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

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