#48D3D9#48D3D9

#48D3D9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.117 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D3D9
RGB	rgb(72, 211, 217)
HSL	hsl(182, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(182, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 2.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.86, -34.66, -13.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.86, 37.33, 201.83°)
OKLab	oklab(79.6% -0.1103 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(79.6% 0.117 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.4856, 52.9716, 73.8284)
Luminance	0.5298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D3D9 #D94E48

analogous

#48D997 #48D3D9 #488BD9

triadic

#48D3D9 #D948D3 #D3D948

tetradic

#48D3D9 #9748D9 #D94E48 #8BD948

square

#48D3D9 #9748D9 #D94E48 #8BD948

split-complementary

#48D3D9 #D9488B #D99748

monochromatic

#1D858A #27B6BD #48D3D9 #7BDFE4 #ADEBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#48D3D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#48D3D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D3D9

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D3D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D3D9	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CADA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBADA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d3d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 211, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.117 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee1e4',
    500: '#48d3d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d3d9;
$custom-light: #8ee1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d3d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.483,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79601,
    "c": 0.11685,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D3D9

secondary

#903935

accent

#463FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D3D9

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

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