#48CFD1#48CFD1

#48CFD1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.114 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CFD1
RGB	rgb(72, 207, 209)
HSL	hsl(181, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(181, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 1%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.44, -35.05, -11.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.44, 36.95, 198.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.37% -0.1097 -0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(78.37% 0.114 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.4888, 50.6027, 68.1535)
Luminance	0.5061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CFD1 #D14A48

analogous

#48D18F #48CFD1 #488AD1

triadic

#48CFD1 #D148CF #CFD148

tetradic

#48CFD1 #8F48D1 #D14A48 #8AD148

square

#48CFD1 #8F48D1 #D14A48 #8AD148

split-complementary

#48CFD1 #D1488A #D18F48

monochromatic

#207D7F #2CAEB0 #48CFD1 #79DCDD #AAE9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#48CFD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#48CFD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CFD1

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CFD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CFD1	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C5D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB6D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cfd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 207, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.114 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddedf',
    500: '#48cfd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cfd1;
$custom-light: #8ddedf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cfd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.876,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7837,
    "c": 0.11442,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CFD1

secondary

#863837

accent

#4745E3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CFD1

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

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