#48CCDD#48CCDD

#48CCDD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.115 H 207.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CCDD
RGB	rgb(72, 204, 221)
HSL	hsl(187, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(187, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 7.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.93, -30.16, -18.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.93, 35.61, 212.11°)
OKLab	oklab(78.09% -0.1017 -0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(78.09% 0.115 207.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.3109, 49.7797, 76.0347)
Luminance	0.4978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CCDD #DD5948

analogous

#48DDA4 #48CCDD #4881DD

triadic

#48CCDD #DD48CC #CCDD48

tetradic

#48CCDD #A448DD #DD5948 #81DD48

square

#48CCDD #A448DD #DD5948 #81DD48

split-complementary

#48CCDD #DD4881 #DDA448

monochromatic

#1B8390 #24B1C3 #48CCDD #7CDAE7 #AFE9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#48CCDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#48CCDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CCDD

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CCDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CCDD	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC4DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B4DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ccdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 204, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.115 207.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddce7',
    500: '#48ccdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ccdd;
$custom-light: #8ddce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ccdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.846,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78088,
    "c": 0.11451,
    "h": 207.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CCDD

secondary

#DEA9A2

accent

#503CEC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FBFC

border

#CCD4D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CCDD

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

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