#48D9D8#48D9D8

#48D9D8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.120 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D9D8
RGB	rgb(72, 217, 216)
HSL	hsl(180, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(180, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 0.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.59, -37.72, -10.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.59, 39.22, 195.92°)
OKLab	oklab(80.99% -0.1167 -0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(80.99% 0.12 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.8744, 55.9567, 73.6517)
Luminance	0.5596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D9D8 #D94849

analogous

#48D990 #48D9D8 #4892D9

triadic

#48D9D8 #D848D9 #D9D848

tetradic

#48D9D8 #9048D9 #D94849 #92D948

square

#48D9D8 #9048D9 #D94849 #92D948

split-complementary

#48D9D8 #D94892 #D99048

monochromatic

#1D8A89 #27BDBC #48D9D8 #7BE4E3 #ADEEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#48D9D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#48D9D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D9D8

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D9D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D9D8	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCFD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BED9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d9d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 217, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.120 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee5e4',
    500: '#48d9d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d9d8;
$custom-light: #8ee5e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d9d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.586,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80993,
    "c": 0.12047,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D9D8

secondary

#903536

accent

#3F40E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D9D8

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

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