#48D3C8#48D3C8

#48D3C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.119 H 187.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D3C8
RGB	rgb(72, 211, 200)
HSL	hsl(175, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(175, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 0%, 5.2%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.36, -39.36, -5.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.36, 39.74, 187.95°)
OKLab	oklab(79.03% -0.1176 -0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(79.03% 0.119 187.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.3873, 52.1323, 62.7772)
Luminance	0.5214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D3C8 #D34853

analogous

#48D383 #48D3C8 #4898D3

triadic

#48D3C8 #C848D3 #D3C848

tetradic

#48D3C8 #8348D3 #D34853 #98D348

square

#48D3C8 #8348D3 #D34853 #98D348

split-complementary

#48D3C8 #D34898 #D38348

monochromatic

#1F817A #2BB3A8 #48D3C8 #79DFD7 #ABEBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#48D3C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#48D3C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D3C8

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D3C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D3C8	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C8C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B9C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d3c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 211, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.119 187.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce1d8',
    500: '#48d3c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d3c8;
$custom-light: #8ce1d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d3c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.252,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79031,
    "c": 0.11864,
    "h": 187.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D3C8

secondary

#89373D

accent

#4350E4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D3C8

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

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