#48CBD0#48CBD0

#48CBD0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.112 H 198.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CBD0
RGB	rgb(72, 203, 208)
HSL	hsl(182, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(182, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 2.4%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.23, -33.45, -12.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.23, 35.88, 201.21°)
OKLab	oklab(77.38% -0.1061 -0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(77.38% 0.112 198.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.4086, 48.6397, 67.1846)
Luminance	0.4864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CBD0 #D04D48

analogous

#48D091 #48CBD0 #4887D0

triadic

#48CBD0 #D048CB #CBD048

tetradic

#48CBD0 #9148D0 #D04D48 #87D048

square

#48CBD0 #9148D0 #D04D48 #87D048

split-complementary

#48CBD0 #D04887 #D09148

monochromatic

#207A7D #2DA9AE #48CBD0 #79D9DD #A9E7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#48CBD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#48CBD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CBD0

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CBD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CBD0	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC2D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B3D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cbd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 203, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.112 198.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdbde',
    500: '#48cbd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cbd0;
$custom-light: #8cdbde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cbd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.206,
    "s": 59.13,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77379,
    "c": 0.11204,
    "h": 198.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CBD0

secondary

#D79F9D

accent

#4B45E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CBD0

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

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