#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
RGBrgb(72, 205, 208)
HSLhsl(181, 59%, 55%)
HSVhsv(181, 65%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(65.4%, 1.4%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LABlab(75.82, -34.39, -12.10)
CIE-LCHlch(75.82, 36.45, 199.38°)
OKLaboklab(77.86% -0.1081 -0.0336)
OKLCHoklch(77.86% 0.113 197.2)
XYZxyz(35.8839, 49.5904, 67.3430)
Luminance0.4959 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##48CDD01.001.9210.9210.92
#FFFFFF1.921.0021.0021.00
#00000010.9221.001.001.00
##00000010.9221.001.001.00

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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#48CDD0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva