#48D3BC#48D3BC

#48D3BC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.123 H 179.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48D3BC
RGBrgb(72, 211, 188)
HSLhsl(170, 61%, 55%)
HSVhsv(170, 66%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(65.9%, 0%, 10.9%, 17.3%)
CIE-LABlab(77.04, -42.50, 0.47)
CIE-LCHlch(77.04, 42.51, 179.36°)
OKLaboklab(78.66% -0.123 0.0006)
OKLCHoklch(78.66% 0.123 179.7)
XYZxyz(35.0395, 51.5932, 55.6790)
Luminance0.5160 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48D3BC #D3485F
analogous
#48D376 #48D3BC #48A4D3
triadic
#48D3BC #BC48D3 #D3BC48
tetradic
#48D3BC #7648D3 #D3485F #A4D348
square
#48D3BC #7648D3 #D3485F #A4D348
split-complementary
#48D3BC #D348A4 #D37648
monochromatic
#1F8171 #2BB39C #48D3BC #79DFCE #ABEBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86
#48D3BC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32
#48D3BC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D3BC
11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48D3BC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48D3BC1.001.8611.3211.32
#FFFFFF1.861.0021.0021.00
#00000011.3221.001.001.00
##00000011.3221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CAC7BB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B6B8BE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D6CC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48d3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 211, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.123 179.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce1d0',
    500: '#48d3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48d3bc;
$custom-light: #8ce1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48d3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.072,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78661,
    "c": 0.12296,
    "h": 179.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48D3BC
secondary
#893744
accent
#435EE4
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F4FCFB
border
#CED5D4
text
#0D1513
muted
#7F8483

Preview Lab

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#48D3BC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva