#48CDD8#48CDD8

#48CDD8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.114 H 203.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CDD8
RGB	rgb(72, 205, 216)
HSL	hsl(185, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(185, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 5.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.07, -32.10, -16.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.07, 35.89, 206.54°)
OKLab	oklab(78.14% -0.1048 -0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(78.14% 0.114 203)
XYZ	xyz(36.8931, 49.9941, 72.6579)
Luminance	0.5000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CDD8 #D85348

analogous

#48D89B #48CDD8 #4885D8

triadic

#48CDD8 #D848CD #CDD848

tetradic

#48CDD8 #9B48D8 #D85348 #85D848

square

#48CDD8 #9B48D8 #D85348 #85D848

split-complementary

#48CDD8 #D84885 #D89B48

monochromatic

#1D8089 #28B0BB #48CDD8 #7ADBE3 #ADE9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#48CDD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#48CDD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CDD8

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CDD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CDD8	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC5D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B5D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cdd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 205, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.114 203.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddce4',
    500: '#48cdd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cdd8;
$custom-light: #8ddce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cdd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.583,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78141,
    "c": 0.11382,
    "h": 203
  },
  "luminance": 0.49998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CDD8

secondary

#DBA5A0

accent

#4D40E8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CDD8

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

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