#48D3CF#48D3CF

#48D3CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.117 H 192.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D3CF
RGB	rgb(72, 211, 207)
HSL	hsl(178, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(178, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 0%, 1.9%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.56, -37.45, -8.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.56, 38.51, 193.45°)
OKLab	oklab(79.26% -0.1146 -0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(79.26% 0.117 192.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.2241, 52.4670, 67.1847)
Luminance	0.5247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D3CF #D3484C

analogous

#48D389 #48D3CF #4892D3

triadic

#48D3CF #CF48D3 #D3CF48

tetradic

#48D3CF #8948D3 #D3484C #92D348

square

#48D3CF #8948D3 #D3484C #92D348

split-complementary

#48D3CF #D34892 #D38948

monochromatic

#1F817F #2BB3AF #48D3CF #79DFDC #ABEBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#48D3CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#48D3CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D3CF

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D3CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D3CF	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C9CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B9D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d3cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 211, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.117 192.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de1dd',
    500: '#48d3cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d3cf;
$custom-light: #8de1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d3cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.273,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79259,
    "c": 0.11726,
    "h": 192.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D3CF

secondary

#893739

accent

#4348E4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D3CF

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

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