#48D8D0#48D8D0

#48D8D0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.121 H 189.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D8D0
RGB	rgb(72, 216, 208)
HSL	hsl(177, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(177, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 3.7%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.06, -39.46, -7.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.06, 40.12, 190.43°)
OKLab	oklab(80.49% -0.1191 -0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(80.49% 0.121 189.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.6083, 55.0391, 68.2511)
Luminance	0.5504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D8D0 #D84850

analogous

#48D888 #48D8D0 #4898D8

triadic

#48D8D0 #D048D8 #D8D048

tetradic

#48D8D0 #8848D8 #D84850 #98D848

square

#48D8D0 #8848D8 #D84850 #98D848

split-complementary

#48D8D0 #D84898 #D88848

monochromatic

#1D8983 #28BBB3 #48D8D0 #7AE3DD #ADEEEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#48D8D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#48D8D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D8D0

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D8D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D8D0	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCDD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BDD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d8d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 216, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.121 189.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee4de',
    500: '#48d8d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d8d0;
$custom-light: #8ee4de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d8d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.667,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8049,
    "c": 0.12087,
    "h": 189.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D8D0

secondary

#8F363B

accent

#4049E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D8D0

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

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