#48D7DC#48D7DC

#48D7DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.119 H 198.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D7DC
RGB	rgb(72, 215, 220)
HSL	hsl(182, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(182, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 2.3%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.12, -35.67, -13.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.12, 38.18, 200.86°)
OKLab	oklab(80.66% -0.113 -0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(80.66% 0.119 198.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.8855, 55.1413, 76.2375)
Luminance	0.5515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D7DC #DC4D48

analogous

#48DC97 #48D7DC #488DDC

triadic

#48D7DC #DC48D7 #D7DC48

tetradic

#48D7DC #9748DC #DC4D48 #8DDC48

square

#48D7DC #9748DC #DC4D48 #8DDC48

split-complementary

#48D7DC #DC488D #DC9748

monochromatic

#1B8A8E #25BCC2 #48D7DC #7BE2E6 #AFEDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#48D7DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#48D7DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D7DC

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D7DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D7DC	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8CDDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BDDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d7dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 215, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.119 198.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee4e6',
    500: '#48d7dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d7dc;
$custom-light: #8ee4e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d7dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.027,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80655,
    "c": 0.11916,
    "h": 198.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D7DC

secondary

#943835

accent

#433DEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D7DC

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

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