#48D8D7#48D8D7

#48D8D7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.120 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D8D7
RGB	rgb(72, 216, 215)
HSL	hsl(180, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(180, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 0.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.27, -37.54, -10.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.27, 39.03, 195.91°)
OKLab	oklab(80.72% -0.1161 -0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(80.72% 0.12 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.4886, 55.3912, 72.8872)
Luminance	0.5540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D8D7 #D84849

analogous

#48D88F #48D8D7 #4891D8

triadic

#48D8D7 #D748D8 #D8D748

tetradic

#48D8D7 #8F48D8 #D84849 #91D848

square

#48D8D7 #8F48D8 #D84849 #91D848

split-complementary

#48D8D7 #D84891 #D88F48

monochromatic

#1D8988 #28BBBA #48D8D7 #7AE3E2 #ADEEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#48D8D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#48D8D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D8D7

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D8D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D8D7	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACED7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d8d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 216, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.120 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee4e3',
    500: '#48d8d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d8d7;
$custom-light: #8ee4e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d8d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.583,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80721,
    "c": 0.11989,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D8D7

secondary

#8F3636

accent

#4041E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D8D7

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

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