#48D9D2#48D9D2

#48D9D2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.121 H 190.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D9D2
RGB	rgb(72, 217, 210)
HSL	hsl(177, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(177, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 3.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.42, -39.37, -7.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.42, 40.14, 191.22°)
OKLab	oklab(80.79% -0.1193 -0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(80.79% 0.121 190.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.1129, 55.6521, 69.6409)
Luminance	0.5566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D9D2 #D9484F

analogous

#48D989 #48D9D2 #4898D9

triadic

#48D9D2 #D248D9 #D9D248

tetradic

#48D9D2 #8948D9 #D9484F #98D948

square

#48D9D2 #8948D9 #D9484F #98D948

split-complementary

#48D9D2 #D94898 #D98948

monochromatic

#1D8A85 #27BDB5 #48D9D2 #7BE4DE #ADEEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#48D9D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#48D9D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D9D2

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D9D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D9D2	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDCED2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BED3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d9d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 217, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.121 190.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee5df',
    500: '#48d9d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d9d2;
$custom-light: #8ee5df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d9d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.103,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80794,
    "c": 0.12125,
    "h": 190.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D9D2

secondary

#90353A

accent

#3F47E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D9D2

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

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