#48CDD4#48CDD4

#48CDD4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.113 H 200.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48CDD4
RGBrgb(72, 205, 212)
HSLhsl(183, 62%, 56%)
HSVhsv(183, 66%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(66%, 3.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LABlab(75.94, -33.25, -14.07)
CIE-LCHlch(75.94, 36.11, 202.93°)
OKLaboklab(78% -0.1064 -0.039)
OKLCHoklch(78% 0.113 200.1)
XYZxyz(36.3823, 49.7897, 69.9675)
Luminance0.4979 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48CDD4 #D44F48
analogous
#48D495 #48CDD4 #4887D4
triadic
#48CDD4 #D448CD #CDD448
tetradic
#48CDD4 #9548D4 #D44F48 #87D448
square
#48CDD4 #9548D4 #D44F48 #87D448
split-complementary
#48CDD4 #D44887 #D49548
monochromatic
#1F7E83 #2AAEB4 #48CDD4 #7ADBE0 #ABE8EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92
#48CDD4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96
#48CDD4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CDD4
10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48CDD4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48CDD41.001.9210.9610.96
#FFFFFF1.921.0021.0021.00
#00000010.9621.001.001.00
##00000010.9621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BEC4D5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A9B5D5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D4CF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48cdd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 205, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.113 200.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddce1',
    500: '#48cdd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48cdd4;
$custom-light: #8ddce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48cdd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77998,
    "c": 0.11336,
    "h": 200.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48CDD4
secondary
#D9A29F
accent
#4B43E5
background
#F9FDFD
surface
#F2FBFB
border
#CCD4D4
text
#0E1515
muted
#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CDD4

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#48CDD4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva