#48CCD9#48CCD9

#48CCD9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.114 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CCD9
RGB	rgb(72, 204, 217)
HSL	hsl(185, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(185, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.80, -31.34, -16.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.80, 35.64, 208.44°)
OKLab	oklab(77.94% -0.1034 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(77.94% 0.114 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.7843, 49.5691, 73.2613)
Luminance	0.4957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CCD9 #D95548

analogous

#48D99E #48CCD9 #4884D9

triadic

#48CCD9 #D948CC #CCD948

tetradic

#48CCD9 #9E48D9 #D95548 #84D948

square

#48CCD9 #9E48D9 #D95548 #84D948

split-complementary

#48CCD9 #D94884 #D99E48

monochromatic

#1D808A #27AFBD #48CCD9 #7BDAE4 #ADE8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#48CCD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#48CCD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CCD9

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CCD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CCD9	1.00	1.92	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC4DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B4D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ccd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 204, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.114 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddce4',
    500: '#48ccd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ccd9;
$custom-light: #8ddce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ccd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.379,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7794,
    "c": 0.11358,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CCD9

secondary

#DCA6A1

accent

#4E3FE9

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CCD9

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

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