#48CDDA#48CDDA

#48CDDA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.114 H 204.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CDDA
RGB	rgb(72, 205, 218)
HSL	hsl(185, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(185, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.13, -31.52, -17.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.13, 35.82, 208.36°)
OKLab	oklab(78.21% -0.1039 -0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(78.21% 0.114 204.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.1532, 50.0981, 74.0279)
Luminance	0.5010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CDDA #DA5548

analogous

#48DA9E #48CDDA #4884DA

triadic

#48CDDA #DA48CD #CDDA48

tetradic

#48CDDA #9E48DA #DA5548 #84DA48

square

#48CDDA #9E48DA #DA5548 #84DA48

split-complementary

#48CDDA #DA4884 #DA9E48

monochromatic

#1C828B #26B1BE #48CDDA #7BDBE4 #AEE9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#48CDDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#48CDDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CDDA

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CDDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CDDA	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC5DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B5DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cdda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 205, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.114 204.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddce5',
    500: '#48cdda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cdda;
$custom-light: #8ddce5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cdda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.342,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78213,
    "c": 0.11417,
    "h": 204.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CDDA

secondary

#913D35

accent

#4E3FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CDDA

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

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