#48CFD8#48CFD8

#48CFD8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.115 H 201.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CFD8
RGB	rgb(72, 207, 216)
HSL	hsl(184, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(184, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 4.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.65, -33.06, -15.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.65, 36.36, 204.63°)
OKLab	oklab(78.61% -0.1068 -0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(78.61% 0.115 201.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.3746, 50.9570, 72.8184)
Luminance	0.5096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CFD8 #D85148

analogous

#48D899 #48CFD8 #4887D8

triadic

#48CFD8 #D848CF #CFD848

tetradic

#48CFD8 #9948D8 #D85148 #87D848

square

#48CFD8 #9948D8 #D85148 #87D848

split-complementary

#48CFD8 #D84887 #D89948

monochromatic

#1D8289 #28B2BB #48CFD8 #7ADCE3 #ADE9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#48CFD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#48CFD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CFD8

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CFD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CFD8	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C6D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB6D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cfd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 207, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.115 201.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddee4',
    500: '#48cfd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cfd8;
$custom-light: #8ddee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cfd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.75,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78615,
    "c": 0.11474,
    "h": 201.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CFD8

secondary

#8F3B36

accent

#4A40E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CFD8

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

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