#48D9D4#48D9D4

#48D9D4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.121 H 191.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D9D4
RGB	rgb(72, 217, 212)
HSL	hsl(178, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(178, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 2.3%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.47, -38.82, -8.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.47, 39.81, 192.76°)
OKLab	oklab(80.86% -0.1184 -0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(80.86% 0.121 191.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.3636, 55.7524, 70.9613)
Luminance	0.5576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D9D4 #D9484D

analogous

#48D98C #48D9D4 #4896D9

triadic

#48D9D4 #D448D9 #D9D448

tetradic

#48D9D4 #8C48D9 #D9484D #96D948

square

#48D9D4 #8C48D9 #D9484D #96D948

split-complementary

#48D9D4 #D94896 #D98C48

monochromatic

#1D8A86 #27BDB7 #48D9D4 #7BE4E0 #ADEEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#48D9D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#48D9D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D9D4

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D9D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D9D4	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCED4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BED5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d9d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 217, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.121 191.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee5e1',
    500: '#48d9d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d9d4;
$custom-light: #8ee5e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d9d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.931,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8086,
    "c": 0.12092,
    "h": 191.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D9D4

secondary

#903538

accent

#3F45E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D9D4

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

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