#48D9C2#48D9C2

#48D9C2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.126 H 180.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D9C2
RGB	rgb(72, 217, 194)
HSL	hsl(170, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(170, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 10.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.98, -43.60, 0.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.98, 43.60, 179.87°)
OKLab	oklab(80.3% -0.1263 -0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(80.3% 0.126 180.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.2183, 54.8943, 59.6626)
Luminance	0.5490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D9C2 #D9485F

analogous

#48D97A #48D9C2 #48A8D9

triadic

#48D9C2 #C248D9 #D9C248

tetradic

#48D9C2 #7A48D9 #D9485F #A8D948

square

#48D9C2 #7A48D9 #D9485F #A8D948

split-complementary

#48D9C2 #D948A8 #D97A48

monochromatic

#1D8A79 #27BDA5 #48D9C2 #7BE4D3 #ADEEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#48D9C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#48D9C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D9C2

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D9C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D9C2	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0CCC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBDC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d9c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 217, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.126 180.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de5d4',
    500: '#48d9c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d9c2;
$custom-light: #8de5d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d9c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.483,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80296,
    "c": 0.12632,
    "h": 180.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D9C2

secondary

#903544

accent

#3F5AE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D9C2

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

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