#48D3D7#48D3D7

#48D3D7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.117 H 197.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D3D7
RGB	rgb(72, 211, 215)
HSL	hsl(182, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(182, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 1.9%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.80, -35.22, -12.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.80, 37.51, 200.11°)
OKLab	oklab(79.53% -0.1112 -0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(79.53% 0.117 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.2271, 52.8682, 72.4667)
Luminance	0.5287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D3D7 #D74C48

analogous

#48D794 #48D3D7 #488CD7

triadic

#48D3D7 #D748D3 #D3D748

tetradic

#48D3D7 #9448D7 #D74C48 #8CD748

square

#48D3D7 #9448D7 #D74C48 #8CD748

split-complementary

#48D3D7 #D7488C #D79448

monochromatic

#1E8487 #29B5B9 #48D3D7 #7ADFE2 #ACEBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#48D3D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#48D3D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D3D7

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D3D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D3D7	1.00	1.81	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C9D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBAD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d3d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 211, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.117 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee1e3',
    500: '#48d3d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d3d7;
$custom-light: #8ee1e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d3d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.678,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79531,
    "c": 0.11679,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D3D7

secondary

#8D3836

accent

#4541E7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D3D7

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

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