#48CDD0#48CDD0

#48CDD0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.113 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CDD0
RGB	rgb(72, 205, 208)
HSL	hsl(181, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(181, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 1.4%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.82, -34.39, -12.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.82, 36.45, 199.38°)
OKLab	oklab(77.86% -0.1081 -0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(77.86% 0.113 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.8839, 49.5904, 67.3430)
Luminance	0.4959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CDD0 #D04B48

analogous

#48D08F #48CDD0 #4889D0

triadic

#48CDD0 #D048CD #CDD048

tetradic

#48CDD0 #8F48D0 #D04B48 #89D048

square

#48CDD0 #8F48D0 #D04B48 #89D048

split-complementary

#48CDD0 #D04889 #D08F48

monochromatic

#207B7D #2DABAE #48CDD0 #79DADD #A9E8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#48CDD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#48CDD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CDD0

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CDD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CDD0	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC4D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB4D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cdd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 205, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.113 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdcde',
    500: '#48cdd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cdd0;
$custom-light: #8cdcde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cdd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.324,
    "s": 59.13,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77857,
    "c": 0.11321,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CDD0

secondary

#D79F9D

accent

#4945E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CDD0

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

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