#48D8CD#48D8CD

#48D8CD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.122 H 187.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D8CD
RGB	rgb(72, 216, 205)
HSL	hsl(175, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(175, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 5.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.98, -40.27, -5.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.98, 40.68, 188.17°)
OKLab	oklab(80.39% -0.1204 -0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(80.39% 0.122 187.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.2427, 54.8929, 66.3257)
Luminance	0.5490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D8CD #D84853

analogous

#48D885 #48D8CD #489BD8

triadic

#48D8CD #CD48D8 #D8CD48

tetradic

#48D8CD #8548D8 #D84853 #9BD848

square

#48D8CD #8548D8 #D84853 #9BD848

split-complementary

#48D8CD #D8489B #D88548

monochromatic

#1D8980 #28BBB0 #48D8CD #7AE3DB #ADEEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#48D8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#48D8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D8CD

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D8CD	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDCDCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BDCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 216, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.122 187.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de4dc',
    500: '#48d8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d8cd;
$custom-light: #8de4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.417,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80394,
    "c": 0.12155,
    "h": 187.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D8CD

secondary

#8F363C

accent

#404DE8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D8CD

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

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