#48D1C3#48D1C3

#48D1C3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.118 H 185.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D1C3
RGB	rgb(72, 209, 195)
HSL	hsl(174, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(174, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 6.7%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.63, -39.79, -3.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.63, 39.98, 185.58°)
OKLab	oklab(78.39% -0.1178 -0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(78.39% 0.118 185.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.3187, 50.9148, 59.5854)
Luminance	0.5092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D1C3 #D14856

analogous

#48D17F #48D1C3 #489AD1

triadic

#48D1C3 #C348D1 #D1C348

tetradic

#48D1C3 #7F48D1 #D14856 #9AD148

square

#48D1C3 #7F48D1 #D14856 #9AD148

split-complementary

#48D1C3 #D1489A #D17F48

monochromatic

#207F75 #2CB0A2 #48D1C3 #79DDD3 #AAEAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#48D1C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#48D1C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D1C3

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D1C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D1C3	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C6C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B7C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d1c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 209, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.118 185.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdfd5',
    500: '#48d1c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d1c3;
$custom-light: #8cdfd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d1c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.869,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7839,
    "c": 0.11833,
    "h": 185.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D1C3

secondary

#86373F

accent

#4555E3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D1C3

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

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