#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
RGBrgb(72, 217, 209)
HSLhsl(177, 66%, 57%)
HSVhsv(177, 67%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(66.8%, 0%, 3.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(79.39, -39.64, -7.32)
CIE-LCHlch(79.39, 40.31, 190.46°)
OKLaboklab(80.76% -0.1197 -0.0205)
OKLCHoklch(80.76% 0.121 189.7)
XYZxyz(38.9887, 55.6024, 68.9868)
Luminance0.5561 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##48D9D11.001.7312.1212.12
#FFFFFF1.731.0021.0021.00
#00000012.1221.001.001.00
##00000012.1221.001.001.00

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

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#48D9D1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva