#48CDD7#48CDD7

#48CDD7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.114 H 202.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CDD7
RGB	rgb(72, 205, 215)
HSL	hsl(184, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(184, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 4.7%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.03, -32.39, -15.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.03, 35.93, 205.64°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% -0.1052 -0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.114 202.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.7642, 49.9425, 71.9791)
Luminance	0.4995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CDD7 #D75248

analogous

#48D79A #48CDD7 #4886D7

triadic

#48CDD7 #D748CD #CDD748

tetradic

#48CDD7 #9A48D7 #D75248 #86D748

square

#48CDD7 #9A48D7 #D75248 #86D748

split-complementary

#48CDD7 #D74886 #D79A48

monochromatic

#1E8087 #29AFB9 #48CDD7 #7ADBE2 #ACE8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#48CDD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#48CDD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CDD7

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CDD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CDD7	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC4D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B5D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cdd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 205, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.114 202.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddce3',
    500: '#48cdd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cdd7;
$custom-light: #8ddce3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cdd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.196,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78105,
    "c": 0.11368,
    "h": 202.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CDD7

secondary

#DBA4A0

accent

#4C41E7

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CDD7

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

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