#48CFD9#48CFD9

#48CFD9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.115 H 202.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CFD9
RGB	rgb(72, 207, 217)
HSL	hsl(184, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(184, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 4.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.68, -32.77, -15.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.68, 36.31, 205.52°)
OKLab	oklab(78.65% -0.1063 -0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(78.65% 0.115 202.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.5042, 51.0089, 73.5013)
Luminance	0.5101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CFD9 #D95248

analogous

#48D99B #48CFD9 #4887D9

triadic

#48CFD9 #D948CF #CFD948

tetradic

#48CFD9 #9B48D9 #D95248 #87D948

square

#48CFD9 #9B48D9 #D95248 #87D948

split-complementary

#48CFD9 #D94887 #D99B48

monochromatic

#1D828A #27B2BD #48CFD9 #7BDCE4 #ADEAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#48CFD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#48CFD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CFD9

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CFD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CFD9	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C6DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB7DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cfd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 207, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.115 202.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddee4',
    500: '#48cfd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cfd9;
$custom-light: #8ddee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cfd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.138,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78651,
    "c": 0.11486,
    "h": 202.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CFD9

secondary

#903C35

accent

#4B3FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CFD9

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

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