#48D8D8#48D8D8

#48D8D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.120 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D8D8
RGB	rgb(72, 216, 216)
HSL	hsl(180, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(180, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.30, -37.26, -11.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.30, 38.91, 196.72°)
OKLab	oklab(80.76% -0.1157 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(80.76% 0.12 195)
XYZ	xyz(39.6175, 55.4428, 73.5660)
Luminance	0.5545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D8D8 #D84848

analogous

#48D890 #48D8D8 #4890D8

triadic

#48D8D8 #D848D8 #D8D848

tetradic

#48D8D8 #9048D8 #D84848 #90D848

square

#48D8D8 #9048D8 #D84848 #90D848

split-complementary

#48D8D8 #D84890 #D89048

monochromatic

#1D8989 #28BBBB #48D8D8 #7AE3E3 #ADEEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#48D8D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#48D8D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D8D8

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D8D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D8D8	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACED8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BED9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d8d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 216, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.120 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee4e4',
    500: '#48d8d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d8d8;
$custom-light: #8ee4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d8d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80755,
    "c": 0.11982,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.55447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D8D8

secondary

#8F3636

accent

#4040E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D8D8

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

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