#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
RGB	rgb(72, 205, 217)
HSL	hsl(185, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(185, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 5.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.10, -31.81, -16.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.10, 35.85, 207.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.18% -0.1044 -0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(78.18% 0.114 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.0228, 50.0459, 73.3408)
Luminance	0.5005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##48CDD9	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

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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