#48CBD5#48CBD5

#48CBD5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.112 H 202.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CBD5
RGB	rgb(72, 203, 213)
HSL	hsl(184, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(184, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 4.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.38, -32.02, -15.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.38, 35.55, 205.76°)
OKLab	oklab(77.56% -0.104 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(77.56% 0.112 202.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.0334, 48.8896, 70.4755)
Luminance	0.4889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CBD5 #D55248

analogous

#48D598 #48CBD5 #4884D5

triadic

#48CBD5 #D548CB #CBD548

tetradic

#48CBD5 #9848D5 #D55248 #84D548

square

#48CBD5 #9848D5 #D55248 #84D548

split-complementary

#48CBD5 #D54884 #D59848

monochromatic

#1E7D84 #2AACB6 #48CBD5 #7AD9E0 #ACE7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#48CBD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#48CBD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CBD5

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CBD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CBD5	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC3D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B3D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cbd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 203, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.112 202.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddbe1',
    500: '#48cbd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cbd5;
$custom-light: #8ddbe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cbd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.255,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77557,
    "c": 0.11249,
    "h": 202.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CBD5

secondary

#DAA39F

accent

#4E42E6

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CBD5

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

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