#48D1D3#48D1D3

#48D1D3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.116 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D1D3
RGB	rgb(72, 209, 211)
HSL	hsl(181, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(181, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 0.9%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.09, -35.42, -11.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.09, 37.33, 198.44°)
OKLab	oklab(78.92% -0.1109 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(78.92% 0.116 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.2256, 51.6776, 69.6283)
Luminance	0.5168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D1D3 #D34A48

analogous

#48D38F #48D1D3 #488CD3

triadic

#48D1D3 #D348D1 #D1D348

tetradic

#48D1D3 #8F48D3 #D34A48 #8CD348

square

#48D1D3 #8F48D3 #D34A48 #8CD348

split-complementary

#48D1D3 #D3488C #D38F48

monochromatic

#1F8081 #2BB1B3 #48D1D3 #79DDDF #ABEAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#48D1D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#48D1D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D1D3

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D1D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D1D3	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C7D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB8D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d1d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 209, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.116 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddfe0',
    500: '#48d1d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d1d3;
$custom-light: #8ddfe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d1d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.863,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78916,
    "c": 0.11561,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D1D3

secondary

#893837

accent

#4643E4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D1D3

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

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