#48D8CE#48D8CE

#48D8CE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.121 H 188.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D8CE
RGB	rgb(72, 216, 206)
HSL	hsl(176, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(176, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 4.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.01, -40.00, -6.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.01, 40.49, 188.92°)
OKLab	oklab(80.43% -0.12 -0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(80.43% 0.121 188.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.3638, 54.9413, 66.9634)
Luminance	0.5495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D8CE #D84852

analogous

#48D886 #48D8CE #489AD8

triadic

#48D8CE #CE48D8 #D8CE48

tetradic

#48D8CE #8648D8 #D84852 #9AD848

square

#48D8CE #8648D8 #D84852 #9AD848

split-complementary

#48D8CE #D8489A #D88648

monochromatic

#1D8981 #28BBB1 #48D8CE #7AE3DC #ADEEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#48D8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#48D8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D8CE

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D8CE	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)

#CCCDCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BDCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 216, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.121 188.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de4dc',
    500: '#48d8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d8ce;
$custom-light: #8de4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.833,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80426,
    "c": 0.12131,
    "h": 188.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D8CE

secondary

#8F363C

accent

#404CE8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D8CE

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

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