#48D8D9#48D8D9

#48D8D9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.120 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D8D9
RGB	rgb(72, 216, 217)
HSL	hsl(180, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(180, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.33, -36.98, -11.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.33, 38.78, 197.53°)
OKLab	oklab(80.79% -0.1153 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(80.79% 0.12 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.7471, 55.4947, 74.2489)
Luminance	0.5550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D8D9 #D94948

analogous

#48D992 #48D8D9 #4890D9

triadic

#48D8D9 #D948D8 #D8D948

tetradic

#48D8D9 #9248D9 #D94948 #90D948

square

#48D8D9 #9248D9 #D94948 #90D948

split-complementary

#48D8D9 #D94890 #D99248

monochromatic

#1D898A #27BCBD #48D8D9 #7BE3E4 #ADEEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#48D8D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#48D8D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D8D9

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D8D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D8D9	1.00	1.74	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACED9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BEDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d8d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 216, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.120 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee4e4',
    500: '#48d8d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d8d9;
$custom-light: #8ee4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d8d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.414,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80789,
    "c": 0.11977,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D8D9

secondary

#903635

accent

#403FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D8D9

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

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