#48CFDC#48CFDC

#48CFDC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.115 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CFDC
RGB	rgb(72, 207, 220)
HSL	hsl(185, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(185, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 5.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.78, -31.90, -17.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.78, 36.20, 208.21°)
OKLab	oklab(78.76% -0.1051 -0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(78.76% 0.115 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.8980, 51.1664, 75.5750)
Luminance	0.5117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CFDC #DC5548

analogous

#48DC9F #48CFDC #4885DC

triadic

#48CFDC #DC48CF #CFDC48

tetradic

#48CFDC #9F48DC #DC5548 #85DC48

square

#48CFDC #9F48DC #DC5548 #85DC48

split-complementary

#48CFDC #DC4885 #DC9F48

monochromatic

#1B848E #25B4C2 #48CFDC #7BDCE6 #AFEAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#48CFDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#48CFDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CFDC

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CFDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CFDC	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC7DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B7DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cfdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 207, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.115 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edee6',
    500: '#48cfdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cfdc;
$custom-light: #8edee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cfdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.27,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7876,
    "c": 0.11535,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CFDC

secondary

#943D35

accent

#4C3DEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CFDC

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

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