#48D3DB#48D3DB

#48D3DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.117 H 200.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D3DB
RGB	rgb(72, 211, 219)
HSL	hsl(183, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(183, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 3.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.92, -34.09, -14.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.92, 37.19, 203.56°)
OKLab	oklab(79.67% -0.1095 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(79.67% 0.117 200.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.7473, 53.0763, 75.2068)
Luminance	0.5308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D3DB #DB5048

analogous

#48DB99 #48D3DB #488ADB

triadic

#48D3DB #DB48D3 #D3DB48

tetradic

#48D3DB #9948DB #DB5048 #8ADB48

square

#48D3DB #9948DB #DB5048 #8ADB48

split-complementary

#48D3DB #DB488A #DB9948

monochromatic

#1C878D #26B8C0 #48D3DB #7BDFE5 #AEECEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#48D3DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#48D3DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D3DB

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D3DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D3DB	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CADC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBADC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d3db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 211, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.117 200.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee1e6',
    500: '#48d3db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d3db;
$custom-light: #8ee1e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d3db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.265,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79671,
    "c": 0.117,
    "h": 200.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D3DB

secondary

#923A35

accent

#473EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D3DB

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

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