#48D3B3#48D3B3

#48D3B3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.128 H 174.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D3B3
RGB	rgb(72, 211, 179)
HSL	hsl(166, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(166, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 0%, 15.2%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.81, -44.76, 4.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.81, 45.04, 173.66°)
OKLab	oklab(78.4% -0.127 0.0125)
OKLCH	oklch(78.4% 0.128 174.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.0994, 51.2172, 50.7279)
Luminance	0.5122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D3B3 #D34868

analogous

#48D36D #48D3B3 #48ADD3

triadic

#48D3B3 #B348D3 #D3B348

tetradic

#48D3B3 #6D48D3 #D34868 #ADD348

square

#48D3B3 #6D48D3 #D34868 #ADD348

split-complementary

#48D3B3 #D348AD #D36D48

monochromatic

#1F816B #2BB394 #48D3B3 #79DFC7 #ABEBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#48D3B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#48D3B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D3B3

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D3B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D3B3	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC6B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B8B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d3b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 211, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.128 174.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be1c9',
    500: '#48d3b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d3b3;
$custom-light: #8be1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d3b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.187,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78402,
    "c": 0.12764,
    "h": 174.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D3B3

secondary

#893749

accent

#4368E4

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D3B3

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

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