#48D9D3#48D9D3

#48D9D3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.121 H 191.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D9D3
RGB	rgb(72, 217, 211)
HSL	hsl(178, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(178, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 2.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.44, -39.10, -8.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.44, 39.97, 191.99°)
OKLab	oklab(80.83% -0.1188 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(80.83% 0.121 191)
XYZ	xyz(39.2378, 55.7021, 70.2990)
Luminance	0.5571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D9D3 #D9484E

analogous

#48D98B #48D9D3 #4897D9

triadic

#48D9D3 #D348D9 #D9D348

tetradic

#48D9D3 #8B48D9 #D9484E #97D948

square

#48D9D3 #8B48D9 #D9484E #97D948

split-complementary

#48D9D3 #D94897 #D98B48

monochromatic

#1D8A85 #27BDB6 #48D9D3 #7BE4DF #ADEEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#48D9D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#48D9D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D9D3

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D9D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D9D3	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCED3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BED4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d9d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 217, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.121 191.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee5e0',
    500: '#48d9d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d9d3;
$custom-light: #8ee5e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d9d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.517,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80827,
    "c": 0.12108,
    "h": 191
  },
  "luminance": 0.55707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D9D3

secondary

#903539

accent

#3F46E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D9D3

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

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