#48CCD4#48CCD4

#48CCD4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.113 H 200.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48CCD4
RGBrgb(72, 204, 212)
HSLhsl(183, 62%, 56%)
HSVhsv(183, 66%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(66%, 3.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LABlab(75.65, -32.78, -14.51)
CIE-LCHlch(75.65, 35.85, 203.88°)
OKLaboklab(77.76% -0.1054 -0.0402)
OKLCHoklch(77.76% 0.113 200.9)
XYZxyz(36.1438, 49.3129, 69.8881)
Luminance0.4932 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48CCD4 #D45048
analogous
#48D496 #48CCD4 #4886D4
triadic
#48CCD4 #D448CC #CCD448
tetradic
#48CCD4 #9648D4 #D45048 #86D448
square
#48CCD4 #9648D4 #D45048 #86D448
split-complementary
#48CCD4 #D44886 #D49648
monochromatic
#1F7D83 #2AADB4 #48CCD4 #7ADAE0 #ABE8EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93
#48CCD4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86
#48CCD4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CCD4
10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48CCD4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48CCD41.001.9310.8610.86
#FFFFFF1.931.0021.0021.00
#00000010.8621.001.001.00
##00000010.8621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BDC3D5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A8B4D5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D3CE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48ccd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 204, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.113 200.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddce1',
    500: '#48ccd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48ccd4;
$custom-light: #8ddce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48ccd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.429,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77759,
    "c": 0.11285,
    "h": 200.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48CCD4
secondary
#D9A29F
accent
#4C43E5
background
#F9FDFD
surface
#F2FBFB
border
#CCD4D4
text
#0E1515
muted
#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CCD4

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#48CCD4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva