#48D3CB#48D3CB

#48D3CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.118 H 189.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D3CB
RGB	rgb(72, 211, 203)
HSL	hsl(177, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(177, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 0%, 3.8%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.44, -38.55, -6.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.44, 39.17, 190.27°)
OKLab	oklab(79.13% -0.1163 -0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(79.13% 0.118 189.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.7413, 52.2739, 64.6419)
Luminance	0.5228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D3CB #D34850

analogous

#48D386 #48D3CB #4895D3

triadic

#48D3CB #CB48D3 #D3CB48

tetradic

#48D3CB #8648D3 #D34850 #95D348

square

#48D3CB #8648D3 #D34850 #95D348

split-complementary

#48D3CB #D34895 #D38648

monochromatic

#1F817C #2BB3AB #48D3CB #79DFD9 #ABEBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#48D3CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#48D3CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D3CB

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D3CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D3CB	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C8CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B9CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d3cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 211, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.118 189.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de1da',
    500: '#48d3cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d3cb;
$custom-light: #8de1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d3cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.547,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79128,
    "c": 0.11794,
    "h": 189.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D3CB

secondary

#89373B

accent

#434DE4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D3CB

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

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