#48CDD2#48CDD2

#48CDD2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.113 H 198.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CDD2
RGB	rgb(72, 205, 210)
HSL	hsl(182, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(182, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 2.4%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.88, -33.82, -13.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.88, 36.27, 201.15°)
OKLab	oklab(77.93% -0.1073 -0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(77.93% 0.113 198.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.1315, 49.6894, 68.6471)
Luminance	0.4969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CDD2 #D24D48

analogous

#48D292 #48CDD2 #4888D2

triadic

#48CDD2 #D248CD #CDD248

tetradic

#48CDD2 #9248D2 #D24D48 #88D248

square

#48CDD2 #9248D2 #D24D48 #88D248

split-complementary

#48CDD2 #D24888 #D29248

monochromatic

#207D80 #2CACB1 #48CDD2 #79DADE #AAE8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#48CDD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#48CDD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CDD2

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CDD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CDD2	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC4D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB5D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cdd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 205, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.113 198.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddcdf',
    500: '#48cdd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cdd2;
$custom-light: #8ddcdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cdd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.174,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77927,
    "c": 0.11324,
    "h": 198.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CDD2

secondary

#D8A09E

accent

#4A44E4

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CDD2

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

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