#48D7CF#48D7CF

#48D7CF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.120 H 189.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D7CF
RGB	rgb(72, 215, 207)
HSL	hsl(177, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(177, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 3.7%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.74, -39.28, -7.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.74, 39.93, 190.40°)
OKLab	oklab(80.22% -0.1186 -0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(80.22% 0.12 189.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.2303, 54.4793, 67.5201)
Luminance	0.5448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D7CF #D74850

analogous

#48D788 #48D7CF #4898D7

triadic

#48D7CF #CF48D7 #D7CF48

tetradic

#48D7CF #8848D7 #D74850 #98D748

square

#48D7CF #8848D7 #D74850 #98D748

split-complementary

#48D7CF #D74898 #D78848

monochromatic

#1E8781 #29B9B1 #48D7CF #7AE2DC #ACEDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#48D7CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#48D7CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D7CF

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D7CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D7CF	1.00	1.77	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCCCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BCD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d7cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 215, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.120 189.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de4dd',
    500: '#48d7cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d7cf;
$custom-light: #8de4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d7cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.643,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80218,
    "c": 0.12028,
    "h": 189.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D7CF

secondary

#8D363B

accent

#414AE7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D7CF

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

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