#48D3DC#48D3DC

#48D3DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.117 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D3DC
RGB	rgb(72, 211, 220)
HSL	hsl(184, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(184, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 4.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.95, -33.80, -15.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.95, 37.12, 204.43°)
OKLab	oklab(79.71% -0.1091 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(79.71% 0.117 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.8794, 53.1291, 75.9022)
Luminance	0.5313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D3DC #DC5148

analogous

#48DC9B #48D3DC #4889DC

triadic

#48D3DC #DC48D3 #D3DC48

tetradic

#48D3DC #9B48DC #DC5148 #89DC48

square

#48D3DC #9B48DC #DC5148 #89DC48

split-complementary

#48D3DC #DC4889 #DC9B48

monochromatic

#1B878E #25B8C2 #48D3DC #7BDFE6 #AFECF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#48D3DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#48D3DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D3DC

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D3DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D3DC	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBADD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d3dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 211, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.117 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee1e6',
    500: '#48d3dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d3dc;
$custom-light: #8ee1e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d3dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.649,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79707,
    "c": 0.1171,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D3DC

secondary

#943A35

accent

#483DEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D3DC

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

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