#48D0D6#48D0D6

#48D0D6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.115 H 199.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D0D6
RGB	rgb(72, 208, 214)
HSL	hsl(183, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(183, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 2.8%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.88, -34.10, -13.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.88, 36.76, 201.93°)
OKLab	oklab(78.78% -0.1086 -0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(78.78% 0.115 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.3606, 51.3403, 71.5460)
Luminance	0.5134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D0D6 #D64E48

analogous

#48D695 #48D0D6 #4889D6

triadic

#48D0D6 #D648D0 #D0D648

tetradic

#48D0D6 #9548D6 #D64E48 #89D648

square

#48D0D6 #9548D6 #D64E48 #89D648

split-complementary

#48D0D6 #D64889 #D69548

monochromatic

#1E8186 #29B2B8 #48D0D6 #7ADDE1 #ACEAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#48D0D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#48D0D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D0D6

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D0D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D0D6	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)

#C1C7D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB7D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d0d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 208, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.115 199.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddfe2',
    500: '#48d0d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d0d6;
$custom-light: #8ddfe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d0d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.535,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78782,
    "c": 0.11508,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D0D6

secondary

#8C3A36

accent

#4841E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D0D6

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

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