#48D9D1#48D9D1

#48D9D1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.121 H 189.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D9D1
RGB	rgb(72, 217, 209)
HSL	hsl(177, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(177, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 3.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.39, -39.64, -7.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.39, 40.31, 190.46°)
OKLab	oklab(80.76% -0.1197 -0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(80.76% 0.121 189.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.9887, 55.6024, 68.9868)
Luminance	0.5561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D9D1 #D94850

analogous

#48D989 #48D9D1 #4898D9

triadic

#48D9D1 #D148D9 #D9D148

tetradic

#48D9D1 #8948D9 #D94850 #98D948

square

#48D9D1 #8948D9 #D94850 #98D948

split-complementary

#48D9D1 #D94898 #D98948

monochromatic

#1D8A84 #27BDB4 #48D9D1 #7BE4DE #ADEEEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#48D9D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#48D9D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D9D1

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D9D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D9D1	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDCED1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BED2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d9d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 217, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.121 189.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee5df',
    500: '#48d9d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d9d1;
$custom-light: #8ee5df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d9d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.69,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80762,
    "c": 0.12145,
    "h": 189.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D9D1

secondary

#90353A

accent

#3F49E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D9D1

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

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