#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
RGB	rgb(72, 205, 212)
HSL	hsl(183, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(183, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 3.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.94, -33.25, -14.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.94, 36.11, 202.93°)
OKLab	oklab(78% -0.1064 -0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(78% 0.113 200.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.3823, 49.7897, 69.9675)
Luminance	0.4979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##48CDD4	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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