#48CDD3#48CDD3

#48CDD3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.113 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CDD3
RGB	rgb(72, 205, 211)
HSL	hsl(183, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(183, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 2.8%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.91, -33.54, -13.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.91, 36.18, 202.04°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% -0.1068 -0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.113 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.2565, 49.7394, 69.3053)
Luminance	0.4974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CDD3 #D34E48

analogous

#48D393 #48CDD3 #4887D3

triadic

#48CDD3 #D348CD #CDD348

tetradic

#48CDD3 #9348D3 #D34E48 #87D348

square

#48CDD3 #9348D3 #D34E48 #87D348

split-complementary

#48CDD3 #D34887 #D39348

monochromatic

#1F7D81 #2BADB3 #48CDD3 #79DADF #ABE8EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#48CDD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#48CDD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CDD3

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CDD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CDD3	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC4D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB5D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cdd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 205, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.113 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddce0',
    500: '#48cdd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cdd3;
$custom-light: #8ddce0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cdd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.59,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77962,
    "c": 0.11329,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CDD3

secondary

#D8A19E

accent

#4A43E4

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CDD3

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

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