#48D3DF#48D3DF

#48D3DF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.117 H 203.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D3DF
RGB	rgb(72, 211, 223)
HSL	hsl(185, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(185, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 5.4%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.05, -32.94, -16.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.05, 36.98, 207.05°)
OKLab	oklab(79.81% -0.1078 -0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(79.81% 0.118 203.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.2802, 53.2895, 78.0135)
Luminance	0.5329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D3DF #DF5448

analogous

#48DF9F #48D3DF #4888DF

triadic

#48D3DF #DF48D3 #D3DF48

tetradic

#48D3DF #9F48DF #DF5448 #88DF48

square

#48D3DF #9F48DF #DF5448 #88DF48

split-complementary

#48D3DF #DF4888 #DF9F48

monochromatic

#1A8993 #23BAC7 #48D3DF #7CE0E8 #B0ECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#48D3DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#48D3DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D3DF

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D3DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D3DF	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CAE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBAE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d3df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 211, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.117 203.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee1e9',
    500: '#48d3df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d3df;
$custom-light: #8ee1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d3df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.768,
    "s": 70.233,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79814,
    "c": 0.1175,
    "h": 203.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D3DF

secondary

#983C34

accent

#493BED

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D3DF

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

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