#48D3CD#48D3CD

#48D3CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.118 H 190.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D3CD
RGB	rgb(72, 211, 205)
HSL	hsl(177, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(177, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 0%, 2.8%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.50, -38.00, -7.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.50, 38.83, 191.85°)
OKLab	oklab(79.19% -0.1154 -0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(79.19% 0.118 190.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.9812, 52.3699, 65.9052)
Luminance	0.5237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D3CD #D3484E

analogous

#48D387 #48D3CD #4893D3

triadic

#48D3CD #CD48D3 #D3CD48

tetradic

#48D3CD #8748D3 #D3484E #93D348

square

#48D3CD #8748D3 #D3484E #93D348

split-complementary

#48D3CD #D34893 #D38748

monochromatic

#1F817D #2BB3AD #48D3CD #79DFDA #ABEBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#48D3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#48D3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D3CD

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D3CD	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C8CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B9CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 211, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.118 190.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de1dc',
    500: '#48d3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d3cd;
$custom-light: #8de1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.41,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79193,
    "c": 0.11756,
    "h": 190.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D3CD

secondary

#89373A

accent

#434AE4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D3CD

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

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