#48D3D3#48D3D3

#48D3D3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.117 H 195.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D3D3
RGB	rgb(72, 211, 211)
HSL	hsl(180, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(180, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 0%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.68, -36.35, -10.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.68, 37.95, 196.74°)
OKLab	oklab(79.39% -0.1129 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(79.39% 0.117 195.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.7194, 52.6651, 69.7929)
Luminance	0.5267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D3D3 #D34848

analogous

#48D38D #48D3D3 #488DD3

triadic

#48D3D3 #D348D3 #D3D348

tetradic

#48D3D3 #8D48D3 #D34848 #8DD348

square

#48D3D3 #8D48D3 #D34848 #8DD348

split-complementary

#48D3D3 #D3488D #D38D48

monochromatic

#1F8181 #2BB3B3 #48D3D3 #79DFDF #ABEBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#48D3D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#48D3D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D3D3

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D3D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D3D3	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C9D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B9D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d3d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 211, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.117 195.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de1e0',
    500: '#48d3d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d3d3;
$custom-light: #8de1e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d3d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79394,
    "c": 0.11688,
    "h": 195.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D3D3

secondary

#893737

accent

#4343E4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D3D3

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

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