#48D3DA#48D3DA

#48D3DA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.117 H 199.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D3DA
RGB	rgb(72, 211, 218)
HSL	hsl(183, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(183, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 3.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.89, -34.37, -14.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.89, 37.26, 202.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.64% -0.1099 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(79.64% 0.117 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.6161, 53.0238, 74.5155)
Luminance	0.5303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D3DA #DA4F48

analogous

#48DA98 #48D3DA #488ADA

triadic

#48D3DA #DA48D3 #D3DA48

tetradic

#48D3DA #9848DA #DA4F48 #8ADA48

square

#48D3DA #9848DA #DA4F48 #8ADA48

split-complementary

#48D3DA #DA488A #DA9848

monochromatic

#1C868B #26B7BE #48D3DA #7BDFE4 #AEEBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#48D3DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#48D3DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D3DA

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D3DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D3DA	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CADB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBADB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d3da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 211, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.117 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee1e5',
    500: '#48d3da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d3da;
$custom-light: #8ee1e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d3da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.877,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79636,
    "c": 0.11691,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D3DA

secondary

#913935

accent

#473FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D3DA

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

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