#48D3C0#48D3C0

#48D3C0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.121 H 182.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D3C0
RGB	rgb(72, 211, 192)
HSL	hsl(172, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(172, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 0%, 9%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.14, -41.47, -1.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.14, 41.50, 182.10°)
OKLab	oklab(78.78% -0.1212 -0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(78.78% 0.121 182.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.4767, 51.7681, 57.9815)
Luminance	0.5177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D3C0 #D3485B

analogous

#48D37B #48D3C0 #48A0D3

triadic

#48D3C0 #C048D3 #D3C048

tetradic

#48D3C0 #7B48D3 #D3485B #A0D348

square

#48D3C0 #7B48D3 #D3485B #A0D348

split-complementary

#48D3C0 #D348A0 #D37B48

monochromatic

#1F8174 #2BB3A0 #48D3C0 #79DFD1 #ABEBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#48D3C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#48D3C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D3C0

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D3C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D3C0	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC7BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B8C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d3c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 211, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.121 182.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce1d3',
    500: '#48d3c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d3c0;
$custom-light: #8ce1d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d3c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.799,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78782,
    "c": 0.12125,
    "h": 182.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D3C0

secondary

#893742

accent

#4359E4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D3C0

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

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