#48D3D8#48D3D8

#48D3D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.117 H 198.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48D3D8
RGBrgb(72, 211, 216)
HSLhsl(182, 65%, 56%)
HSVhsv(182, 67%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(66.7%, 2.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(77.83, -34.94, -13.39)
CIE-LCHlch(77.83, 37.42, 200.97°)
OKLaboklab(79.57% -0.1107 -0.0371)
OKLCHoklch(79.57% 0.117 198.5)
XYZxyz(38.3559, 52.9198, 73.1455)
Luminance0.5292 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48D3D8 #D84D48
analogous
#48D895 #48D3D8 #488BD8
triadic
#48D3D8 #D848D3 #D3D848
tetradic
#48D3D8 #9548D8 #D84D48 #8BD848
square
#48D3D8 #9548D8 #D84D48 #8BD848
split-complementary
#48D3D8 #D8488B #D89548
monochromatic
#1D8589 #28B6BB #48D3D8 #7ADFE3 #ADEBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81
#48D3D8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58
#48D3D8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D3D8
11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48D3D8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48D3D81.001.8111.5811.58
#FFFFFF1.811.0021.0021.00
#00000011.5821.001.001.00
##00000011.5821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C4CAD9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AFBAD9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DAD4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48d3d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 211, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.117 198.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee1e4',
    500: '#48d3d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48d3d8;
$custom-light: #8ee1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48d3d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.083,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79566,
    "c": 0.11681,
    "h": 198.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48D3D8
secondary
#8F3936
accent
#4640E8
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F5FCFC
border
#CFD5D5
text
#0E1515
muted
#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D3D8

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

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#48D3D8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva