#48CBD4#48CBD4

#48CBD4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.112 H 201.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CBD4
RGB	rgb(72, 203, 212)
HSL	hsl(184, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(184, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 4.2%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.35, -32.30, -14.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.35, 35.60, 204.84°)
OKLab	oklab(77.52% -0.1044 -0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(77.52% 0.112 201.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.9069, 48.8390, 69.8091)
Luminance	0.4884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CBD4 #D45148

analogous

#48D497 #48CBD4 #4885D4

triadic

#48CBD4 #D448CB #CBD448

tetradic

#48CBD4 #9748D4 #D45148 #85D448

square

#48CBD4 #9748D4 #D45148 #85D448

split-complementary

#48CBD4 #D44885 #D49748

monochromatic

#1F7C83 #2AACB4 #48CBD4 #7AD9E0 #ABE7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#48CBD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#48CBD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CBD4

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CBD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CBD4	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC2D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B3D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cbd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 203, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.112 201.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdbe1',
    500: '#48cbd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cbd4;
$custom-light: #8cdbe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cbd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.857,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77521,
    "c": 0.11236,
    "h": 201.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CBD4

secondary

#D9A39F

accent

#4D43E5

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CBD4

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

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