#48CFD4#48CFD4

#48CFD4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.114 H 198.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CFD4
RGB	rgb(72, 207, 212)
HSL	hsl(182, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(182, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 2.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.53, -34.20, -13.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.53, 36.65, 201.09°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% -0.1084 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.114 198.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.8637, 50.7527, 70.1280)
Luminance	0.5076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CFD4 #D44D48

analogous

#48D493 #48CFD4 #4889D4

triadic

#48CFD4 #D448CF #CFD448

tetradic

#48CFD4 #9348D4 #D44D48 #89D448

square

#48CFD4 #9348D4 #D44D48 #89D448

split-complementary

#48CFD4 #D44889 #D49348

monochromatic

#1F7F83 #2AAFB4 #48CFD4 #7ADCE0 #ABE9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#48CFD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#48CFD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CFD4

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CFD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CFD4	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C6D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB6D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cfd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 207, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.114 198.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddee1',
    500: '#48cfd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cfd4;
$custom-light: #8ddee1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cfd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.143,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78474,
    "c": 0.11444,
    "h": 198.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CFD4

secondary

#8A3936

accent

#4943E5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CFD4

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

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