#48D9C3#48D9C3
#48D9C3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.126 H 180.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #48D9C3 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(72, 217, 195) |
| HSL | hsl(171, 66%, 57%) |
| HSV | hsv(171, 67%, 85%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 10.1%, 14.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(79.01, -43.34, -0.40) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(79.01, 43.34, 180.53°) |
| OKLab | oklab(80.33% -0.1259 -0.0018) |
| OKLCH | oklch(80.33% 0.126 180.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(37.3310, 54.9393, 60.2561) |
| Luminance | 0.5494 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | cool |
| Family | teal |
Closest named colors
Turquoise
#40E0D0
ΔE00 2.72
Aqua (survey)
#13EAC9
ΔE00 4.85
Aquamarine (survey)
#04D8B2
ΔE00 4.86
Seafoam Blue
#78D1B6
ΔE00 5.37
Mediumturquoise
#48D1CC
ΔE00 5.91
Turquoise (survey)
#06C2AC
ΔE00 6.20
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#48D9C3 #D9485E
analogous
#48D97B #48D9C3 #48A6D9
triadic
#48D9C3 #C348D9 #D9C348
tetradic
#48D9C3 #7B48D9 #D9485E #A6D948
square
#48D9C3 #7B48D9 #D9485E #A6D948
split-complementary
#48D9C3 #D948A6 #D97B48
monochromatic
#1D8A79 #27BDA6 #48D9C3 #7BE4D4 #ADEEE4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.75
#48D9C3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.99
#48D9C3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #48D9C3
11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##48D9C3 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##48D9C3 | 1.00 | 1.75 | 11.99 | 11.99 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.75 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D0CCC2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BBBDC5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DDD2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C4C4C4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #48d9c3; /* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 217, 195); /* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.126 180.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#8de5d5',
500: '#48d9c3',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #48d9c3; $custom-light: #8de5d5; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#48d9c3",
"rgb": {
"r": 72,
"g": 217,
"b": 195
},
"hsl": {
"h": 170.897,
"s": 65.611,
"l": 56.667
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.80326,
"c": 0.12588,
"h": 180.8
},
"luminance": 0.54944
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#48D9C3
secondary
#903543
accent
#3F59E9
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F5FCFB
border
#CFD5D4
text
#0E1614
muted
#7F8483