#48D7D8#48D7D8

#48D7D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.119 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D7D8
RGB	rgb(72, 215, 216)
HSL	hsl(180, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(180, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.00, -36.80, -11.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.00, 38.59, 197.54°)
OKLab	oklab(80.52% -0.1147 -0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(80.52% 0.119 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.3620, 54.9320, 73.4809)
Luminance	0.5494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D7D8 #D84948

analogous

#48D891 #48D7D8 #488FD8

triadic

#48D7D8 #D848D7 #D7D848

tetradic

#48D7D8 #9148D8 #D84948 #8FD848

square

#48D7D8 #9148D8 #D84948 #8FD848

split-complementary

#48D7D8 #D8488F #D89148

monochromatic

#1D8889 #28BABB #48D7D8 #7AE2E3 #ADEDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#48D7D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#48D7D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D7D8

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D7D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D7D8	1.00	1.75	11.99	11.99
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CDD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BDD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d7d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 215, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.119 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee4e4',
    500: '#48d7d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d7d8;
$custom-light: #8ee4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d7d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.417,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80517,
    "c": 0.11918,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D7D8

secondary

#8F3636

accent

#4140E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D7D8

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

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