#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
RGB	rgb(72, 211, 216)
HSL	hsl(182, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(182, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 2.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.83, -34.94, -13.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.83, 37.42, 200.97°)
OKLab	oklab(79.57% -0.1107 -0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(79.57% 0.117 198.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.3559, 52.9198, 73.1455)
Luminance	0.5292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##48D3D8	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

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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