#48CDDC#48CDDC

#48CDDC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.115 H 205.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CDDC
RGB	rgb(72, 205, 220)
HSL	hsl(186, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(186, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 6.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.19, -30.94, -18.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.19, 35.80, 210.19°)
OKLab	oklab(78.29% -0.1031 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(78.29% 0.115 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.4165, 50.2034, 75.4146)
Luminance	0.5021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CDDC #DC5748

analogous

#48DCA1 #48CDDC #4883DC

triadic

#48CDDC #DC48CD #CDDC48

tetradic

#48CDDC #A148DC #DC5748 #83DC48

square

#48CDDC #A148DC #DC5748 #83DC48

split-complementary

#48CDDC #DC4883 #DCA148

monochromatic

#1B838E #25B2C2 #48CDDC #7BDBE6 #AFE9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#48CDDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#48CDDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CDDC

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CDDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CDDC	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC5DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B5DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cddc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 205, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.115 205.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cddc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.081,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78287,
    "c": 0.11459,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CDDC

secondary

#943E35

accent

#4F3DEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CDDC

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

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