#48CDD5#48CDD5

#48CDD5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.113 H 200.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CDD5
RGB	rgb(72, 205, 213)
HSL	hsl(183, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(183, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 3.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.97, -32.97, -14.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.97, 36.04, 203.83°)
OKLab	oklab(78.03% -0.106 -0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(78.03% 0.113 200.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.5088, 49.8403, 70.6339)
Luminance	0.4984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CDD5 #D55048

analogous

#48D596 #48CDD5 #4886D5

triadic

#48CDD5 #D548CD #CDD548

tetradic

#48CDD5 #9648D5 #D55048 #86D548

square

#48CDD5 #9648D5 #D55048 #86D548

split-complementary

#48CDD5 #D54886 #D59648

monochromatic

#1E7E84 #2AAEB6 #48CDD5 #7ADBE0 #ACE8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#48CDD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#48CDD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CDD5

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CDD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CDD5	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC4D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B5D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cdd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 205, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.113 200.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddce1',
    500: '#48cdd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cdd5;
$custom-light: #8ddce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cdd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.404,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78033,
    "c": 0.11345,
    "h": 200.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CDD5

secondary

#DAA29F

accent

#4B42E6

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CDD5

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

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