#48D8D3#48D8D3

#48D8D3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.120 H 191.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D8D3
RGB	rgb(72, 216, 211)
HSL	hsl(178, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(178, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 2.3%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.15, -38.64, -8.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.15, 39.62, 192.74°)
OKLab	oklab(80.59% -0.1178 -0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(80.59% 0.12 191.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.9809, 55.1882, 70.2134)
Luminance	0.5519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D8D3 #D8484D

analogous

#48D88B #48D8D3 #4895D8

triadic

#48D8D3 #D348D8 #D8D348

tetradic

#48D8D3 #8B48D8 #D8484D #95D848

square

#48D8D3 #8B48D8 #D8484D #95D848

split-complementary

#48D8D3 #D84895 #D88B48

monochromatic

#1D8985 #28BBB6 #48D8D3 #7AE3DF #ADEEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#48D8D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#48D8D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D8D3

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D8D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D8D3	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCDD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BDD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d8d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 216, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.120 191.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee4e0',
    500: '#48d8d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d8d3;
$custom-light: #8ee4e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d8d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.917,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80588,
    "c": 0.12034,
    "h": 191.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D8D3

secondary

#8F3639

accent

#4046E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D8D3

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

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