#48D3CA#48D3CA

#48D3CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.118 H 188.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D3CA
RGB	rgb(72, 211, 202)
HSL	hsl(176, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(176, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 0%, 4.3%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.42, -38.82, -6.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.42, 39.36, 189.49°)
OKLab	oklab(79.1% -0.1167 -0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(79.1% 0.118 188.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.6225, 52.2264, 64.0163)
Luminance	0.5223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D3CA #D34851

analogous

#48D384 #48D3CA #4896D3

triadic

#48D3CA #CA48D3 #D3CA48

tetradic

#48D3CA #8448D3 #D34851 #96D348

square

#48D3CA #8448D3 #D34851 #96D348

split-complementary

#48D3CA #D34896 #D38448

monochromatic

#1F817B #2BB3AA #48D3CA #79DFD8 #ABEBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#48D3CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#48D3CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D3CA

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D3CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D3CA	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C8CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B9CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d3ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 211, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.118 188.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de1da',
    500: '#48d3ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d3ca;
$custom-light: #8de1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d3ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.115,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79096,
    "c": 0.11816,
    "h": 188.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D3CA

secondary

#89373C

accent

#434EE4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D3CA

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

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