#48D9D7#48D9D7

#48D9D7 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.121 H 193.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D9D7
RGB	rgb(72, 217, 215)
HSL	hsl(179, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(179, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 0.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.56, -38.00, -10.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.56, 39.36, 195.12°)
OKLab	oklab(80.96% -0.1171 -0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(80.96% 0.121 193.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.7455, 55.9052, 72.9729)
Luminance	0.5591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D9D7 #D9484A

analogous

#48D98E #48D9D7 #4893D9

triadic

#48D9D7 #D748D9 #D9D748

tetradic

#48D9D7 #8E48D9 #D9484A #93D948

square

#48D9D7 #8E48D9 #D9484A #93D948

split-complementary

#48D9D7 #D94893 #D98E48

monochromatic

#1D8A88 #27BDBB #48D9D7 #7BE4E2 #ADEEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#48D9D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#48D9D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D9D7

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D9D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D9D7	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCED7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d9d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 217, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.121 193.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee5e3',
    500: '#48d9d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d9d7;
$custom-light: #8ee5e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d9d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.172,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80959,
    "c": 0.12056,
    "h": 193.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D9D7

secondary

#903537

accent

#3F42E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D9D7

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

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