#48D3D0#48D3D0

#48D3D0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.117 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D3D0
RGB	rgb(72, 211, 208)
HSL	hsl(179, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(179, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 0%, 1.4%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.59, -37.18, -9.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.59, 38.36, 194.27°)
OKLab	oklab(79.29% -0.1141 -0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(79.29% 0.117 193)
XYZ	xyz(37.3468, 52.5161, 67.8306)
Luminance	0.5252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D3D0 #D3484B

analogous

#48D38A #48D3D0 #4890D3

triadic

#48D3D0 #D048D3 #D3D048

tetradic

#48D3D0 #8A48D3 #D3484B #90D348

square

#48D3D0 #8A48D3 #D3484B #90D348

split-complementary

#48D3D0 #D34890 #D38A48

monochromatic

#1F817F #2BB3B0 #48D3D0 #79DFDD #ABEBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#48D3D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#48D3D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D3D0

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D3D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D3D0	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C9D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B9D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d3d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 211, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.117 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de1de',
    500: '#48d3d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d3d0;
$custom-light: #8de1de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d3d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.705,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79293,
    "c": 0.11714,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.5252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D3D0

secondary

#893738

accent

#4347E4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D3D0

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

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