#48D9D9#48D9D9

#48D9D9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.120 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D9D9
RGB	rgb(72, 217, 217)
HSL	hsl(180, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(180, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.62, -37.44, -11.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.62, 39.09, 196.72°)
OKLab	oklab(81.03% -0.1163 -0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(81.03% 0.12 195)
XYZ	xyz(40.0041, 56.0086, 74.3346)
Luminance	0.5601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D9D9 #D94848

analogous

#48D991 #48D9D9 #4891D9

triadic

#48D9D9 #D948D9 #D9D948

tetradic

#48D9D9 #9148D9 #D94848 #91D948

square

#48D9D9 #9148D9 #D94848 #91D948

split-complementary

#48D9D9 #D94891 #D99148

monochromatic

#1D8A8A #27BDBD #48D9D9 #7BE4E4 #ADEEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#48D9D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#48D9D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D9D9

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D9D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D9D9	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCFD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BEDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d9d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 217, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.120 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee5e4',
    500: '#48d9d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d9d9;
$custom-light: #8ee5e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d9d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81027,
    "c": 0.1204,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.56013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D9D9

secondary

#903535

accent

#3F3FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D9D9

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

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