#48D9C4#48D9C4

#48D9C4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.125 H 181.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D9C4
RGB	rgb(72, 217, 196)
HSL	hsl(171, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(171, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 9.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.03, -43.08, -0.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.03, 43.09, 181.19°)
OKLab	oklab(80.36% -0.1254 -0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(80.36% 0.125 181.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.4444, 54.9847, 60.8536)
Luminance	0.5499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D9C4 #D9485D

analogous

#48D97C #48D9C4 #48A6D9

triadic

#48D9C4 #C448D9 #D9C448

tetradic

#48D9C4 #7C48D9 #D9485D #A6D948

square

#48D9C4 #7C48D9 #D9485D #A6D948

split-complementary

#48D9C4 #D948A6 #D97C48

monochromatic

#1D8A7A #27BDA7 #48D9C4 #7BE4D4 #ADEEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#48D9C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#48D9C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D9C4

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D9C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D9C4	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFCDC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBDC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d9c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 217, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.125 181.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de5d5',
    500: '#48d9c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d9c4;
$custom-light: #8de5d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d9c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.31,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80356,
    "c": 0.12547,
    "h": 181.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D9C4

secondary

#903542

accent

#3F58E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D9C4

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

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