#48CDD9#48CDD9

#48CDD9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.114 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48CDD9
RGBrgb(72, 205, 217)
HSLhsl(185, 66%, 57%)
HSVhsv(185, 67%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(66.8%, 5.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(76.10, -31.81, -16.53)
CIE-LCHlch(76.10, 35.85, 207.45°)
OKLaboklab(78.18% -0.1044 -0.0458)
OKLCHoklch(78.18% 0.114 203.7)
XYZxyz(37.0228, 50.0459, 73.3408)
Luminance0.5005 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48CDD9 #D95448
analogous
#48D99D #48CDD9 #4884D9
triadic
#48CDD9 #D948CD #CDD948
tetradic
#48CDD9 #9D48D9 #D95448 #84D948
square
#48CDD9 #9D48D9 #D95448 #84D948
split-complementary
#48CDD9 #D94884 #D99D48
monochromatic
#1D818A #27B0BD #48CDD9 #7BDBE4 #ADE9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91
#48CDD9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01
#48CDD9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CDD9
11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48CDD9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48CDD91.001.9111.0111.01
#FFFFFF1.911.0021.0021.00
#00000011.0121.001.001.00
##00000011.0121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BDC5DA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A8B5DA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D5D0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48cdd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 205, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.114 203.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddce4',
    500: '#48cdd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48cdd9;
$custom-light: #8ddce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48cdd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.966,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78177,
    "c": 0.11399,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48CDD9
secondary
#903D35
accent
#4D3FE9
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F5FCFC
border
#CFD5D5
text
#0E1515
muted
#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CDD9

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

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#48CDD9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva