#48D3D5#48D3D5

#48D3D5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.117 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D3D5
RGB	rgb(72, 211, 213)
HSL	hsl(181, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(181, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0.9%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.74, -35.79, -11.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.74, 37.72, 198.42°)
OKLab	oklab(79.46% -0.112 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(79.46% 0.117 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.9716, 52.7660, 71.1216)
Luminance	0.5277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D3D5 #D54A48

analogous

#48D590 #48D3D5 #488CD5

triadic

#48D3D5 #D548D3 #D3D548

tetradic

#48D3D5 #9048D5 #D54A48 #8CD548

square

#48D3D5 #9048D5 #D54A48 #8CD548

split-complementary

#48D3D5 #D5488C #D59048

monochromatic

#1E8384 #2AB4B6 #48D3D5 #7ADFE0 #ACEBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#48D3D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#48D3D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D3D5

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D3D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D3D5	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C9D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B9D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d3d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 211, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.117 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de1e1',
    500: '#48d3d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d3d5;
$custom-light: #8de1e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d3d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.851,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79462,
    "c": 0.1168,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D3D5

secondary

#8B3736

accent

#4442E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D3D5

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

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