#48CCD6#48CCD6

#48CCD6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.113 H 202.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CCD6
RGB	rgb(72, 204, 214)
HSL	hsl(184, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(184, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 4.7%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.71, -32.20, -15.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.71, 35.74, 205.70°)
OKLab	oklab(77.83% -0.1046 -0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(77.83% 0.113 202.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.3977, 49.4144, 71.2250)
Luminance	0.4942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CCD6 #D65248

analogous

#48D699 #48CCD6 #4885D6

triadic

#48CCD6 #D648CC #CCD648

tetradic

#48CCD6 #9948D6 #D65248 #85D648

square

#48CCD6 #9948D6 #D65248 #85D648

split-complementary

#48CCD6 #D64885 #D69948

monochromatic

#1E7E86 #29AEB8 #48CCD6 #7ADAE1 #ACE8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#48CCD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#48CCD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CCD6

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CCD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CCD6	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC4D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B4D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ccd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 204, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.113 202.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddce2',
    500: '#48ccd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ccd6;
$custom-light: #8ddce2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ccd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.225,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77831,
    "c": 0.11309,
    "h": 202.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CCD6

secondary

#DAA4A0

accent

#4D41E6

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CCD6

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

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