#48CFDF#48CFDF

#48CFDF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.116 H 206.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CFDF
RGB	rgb(72, 207, 223)
HSL	hsl(186, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(186, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 7.2%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.88, -31.02, -18.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.88, 36.16, 210.92°)
OKLab	oklab(78.87% -0.1039 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(78.87% 0.116 206.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.2989, 51.3267, 77.6863)
Luminance	0.5133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CFDF #DF5848

analogous

#48DFA4 #48CFDF #4883DF

triadic

#48CFDF #DF48CF #CFDF48

tetradic

#48CFDF #A448DF #DF5848 #83DF48

square

#48CFDF #A448DF #DF5848 #83DF48

split-complementary

#48CFDF #DF4883 #DFA448

monochromatic

#1A8693 #23B6C7 #48CFDF #7CDDE8 #B0EAF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#48CFDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#48CFDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CFDF

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CFDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CFDF	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC7E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B7DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cfdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 207, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.116 206.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edee9',
    500: '#48cfdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cfdf;
$custom-light: #8edee9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cfdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.358,
    "s": 70.233,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7887,
    "c": 0.11599,
    "h": 206.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CFDF

secondary

#983E34

accent

#4E3BED

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CFDF

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

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