#48D3CE#48D3CE

#48D3CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.117 H 191.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D3CE
RGB	rgb(72, 211, 206)
HSL	hsl(178, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(178, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 0%, 2.4%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.53, -37.73, -8.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.53, 38.67, 192.65°)
OKLab	oklab(79.23% -0.115 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(79.23% 0.117 191.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.1023, 52.4183, 66.5429)
Luminance	0.5242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D3CE #D3484D

analogous

#48D389 #48D3CE #4892D3

triadic

#48D3CE #CE48D3 #D3CE48

tetradic

#48D3CE #8948D3 #D3484D #92D348

square

#48D3CE #8948D3 #D3484D #92D348

split-complementary

#48D3CE #D34892 #D38948

monochromatic

#1F817E #2BB3AE #48D3CE #79DFDB #ABEBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#48D3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#48D3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D3CE

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D3CE	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C9CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B9CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 211, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.117 191.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de1dc',
    500: '#48d3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d3ce;
$custom-light: #8de1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.842,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79226,
    "c": 0.1174,
    "h": 191.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D3CE

secondary

#89373A

accent

#4349E4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D3CE

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

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