#48D7D9#48D7D9

#48D7D9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.119 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D7D9
RGB	rgb(72, 215, 217)
HSL	hsl(181, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(181, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.03, -36.52, -12.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.03, 38.48, 198.36°)
OKLab	oklab(80.55% -0.1143 -0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(80.55% 0.119 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.4917, 54.9838, 74.1638)
Luminance	0.5499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D7D9 #D94A48

analogous

#48D993 #48D7D9 #488ED9

triadic

#48D7D9 #D948D7 #D7D948

tetradic

#48D7D9 #9348D9 #D94A48 #8ED948

square

#48D7D9 #9348D9 #D94A48 #8ED948

split-complementary

#48D7D9 #D9488E #D99348

monochromatic

#1D888A #27BBBD #48D7D9 #7BE2E4 #ADEDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#48D7D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#48D7D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D7D9

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D7D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D7D9	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CDD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BDDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d7d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 215, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.119 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee4e4',
    500: '#48d7d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d7d9;
$custom-light: #8ee4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d7d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.828,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80551,
    "c": 0.11915,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D7D9

secondary

#903735

accent

#423FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D7D9

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

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