#48D9D5#48D9D5

#48D9D5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.121 H 192.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D9D5
RGB	rgb(72, 217, 213)
HSL	hsl(178, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(178, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 1.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.50, -38.55, -9.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.50, 39.65, 193.54°)
OKLab	oklab(80.89% -0.118 -0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(80.89% 0.121 192.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.4901, 55.8030, 71.6277)
Luminance	0.5581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D9D5 #D9484C

analogous

#48D98D #48D9D5 #4895D9

triadic

#48D9D5 #D548D9 #D9D548

tetradic

#48D9D5 #8D48D9 #D9484C #95D948

square

#48D9D5 #8D48D9 #D9484C #95D948

split-complementary

#48D9D5 #D94895 #D98D48

monochromatic

#1D8A87 #27BDB9 #48D9D5 #7BE4E1 #ADEEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#48D9D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#48D9D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D9D5

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D9D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D9D5	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCED5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BED6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d9d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 217, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.121 192.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee5e1',
    500: '#48d9d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d9d5;
$custom-light: #8ee5e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d9d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.345,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80893,
    "c": 0.12078,
    "h": 192.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D9D5

secondary

#903538

accent

#3F44E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D9D5

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

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