#48D8D2#48D8D2

#48D8D2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.120 H 191.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D8D2
RGB	rgb(72, 216, 210)
HSL	hsl(178, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(178, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 2.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.12, -38.92, -8.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.12, 39.78, 191.96°)
OKLab	oklab(80.55% -0.1183 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(80.55% 0.121 191)
XYZ	xyz(38.8559, 55.1382, 69.5552)
Luminance	0.5514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D8D2 #D8484E

analogous

#48D88A #48D8D2 #4896D8

triadic

#48D8D2 #D248D8 #D8D248

tetradic

#48D8D2 #8A48D8 #D8484E #96D848

square

#48D8D2 #8A48D8 #D8484E #96D848

split-complementary

#48D8D2 #D84896 #D88A48

monochromatic

#1D8984 #28BBB5 #48D8D2 #7AE3DE #ADEEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#48D8D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#48D8D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D8D2

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D8D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D8D2	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)

#CCCDD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BDD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d8d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 216, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.120 191.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee4df',
    500: '#48d8d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d8d2;
$custom-light: #8ee4df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d8d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.5,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80555,
    "c": 0.1205,
    "h": 191
  },
  "luminance": 0.55143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D8D2

secondary

#8F3639

accent

#4047E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D8D2

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

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