#48CDDB#48CDDB

#48CDDB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.114 H 205.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CDDB
RGB	rgb(72, 205, 219)
HSL	hsl(186, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(186, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 6.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.16, -31.23, -17.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.16, 35.81, 209.28°)
OKLab	oklab(78.25% -0.1035 -0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(78.25% 0.114 205.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.2845, 50.1506, 74.7191)
Luminance	0.5016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CDDB #DB5648

analogous

#48DB9F #48CDDB #4884DB

triadic

#48CDDB #DB48CD #CDDB48

tetradic

#48CDDB #9F48DB #DB5648 #84DB48

square

#48CDDB #9F48DB #DB5648 #84DB48

split-complementary

#48CDDB #DB4884 #DB9F48

monochromatic

#1C828D #26B1C0 #48CDDB #7BDBE5 #AEE9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#48CDDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#48CDDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CDDB

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CDDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CDDB	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC5DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B5DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cddb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 205, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.114 205.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddce6',
    500: '#48cddb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cddb;
$custom-light: #8ddce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cddb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.714,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7825,
    "c": 0.11437,
    "h": 205.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CDDB

secondary

#923E35

accent

#4E3EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CDDB

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

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