#48CCD5#48CCD5

#48CCD5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.113 H 201.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CCD5
RGB	rgb(72, 204, 213)
HSL	hsl(184, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(184, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 4.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.68, -32.49, -15.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.68, 35.79, 204.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.8% -0.105 -0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(77.8% 0.113 201.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.2704, 49.3635, 70.5545)
Luminance	0.4937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CCD5 #D55148

analogous

#48D597 #48CCD5 #4885D5

triadic

#48CCD5 #D548CC #CCD548

tetradic

#48CCD5 #9748D5 #D55148 #85D548

square

#48CCD5 #9748D5 #D55148 #85D548

split-complementary

#48CCD5 #D54885 #D59748

monochromatic

#1E7E84 #2AADB6 #48CCD5 #7ADAE0 #ACE8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#48CCD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#48CCD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CCD5

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CCD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CCD5	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC3D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B4D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ccd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 204, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.113 201.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddce1',
    500: '#48ccd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ccd5;
$custom-light: #8ddce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ccd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.83,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77795,
    "c": 0.11295,
    "h": 201.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CCD5

secondary

#DAA39F

accent

#4D42E6

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CCD5

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

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