#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
RGB	rgb(72, 204, 212)
HSL	hsl(183, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(183, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 3.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.65, -32.78, -14.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.65, 35.85, 203.88°)
OKLab	oklab(77.76% -0.1054 -0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(77.76% 0.113 200.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.1438, 49.3129, 69.8881)
Luminance	0.4932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##48CCD4	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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