#48CFD5#48CFD5

#48CFD5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.114 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CFD5
RGB	rgb(72, 207, 213)
HSL	hsl(183, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(183, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 2.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.56, -33.91, -13.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.56, 36.57, 201.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.51% -0.108 -0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(78.51% 0.114 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.9903, 50.8033, 70.7944)
Luminance	0.5081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CFD5 #D54E48

analogous

#48D594 #48CFD5 #4888D5

triadic

#48CFD5 #D548CF #CFD548

tetradic

#48CFD5 #9448D5 #D54E48 #88D548

square

#48CFD5 #9448D5 #D54E48 #88D548

split-complementary

#48CFD5 #D54888 #D59448

monochromatic

#1E8084 #2AB0B6 #48CFD5 #7ADCE0 #ACE9EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#48CFD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#48CFD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CFD5

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CFD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CFD5	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C6D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB6D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cfd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 207, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.114 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddee1',
    500: '#48cfd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cfd5;
$custom-light: #8ddee1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cfd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.553,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78509,
    "c": 0.11449,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CFD5

secondary

#8B3A36

accent

#4942E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CFD5

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

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