#48D0D8#48D0D8

#48D0D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.115 H 200.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D0D8
RGB	rgb(72, 208, 216)
HSL	hsl(183, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(183, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 3.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.95, -33.53, -14.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.95, 36.62, 203.69°)
OKLab	oklab(78.85% -0.1078 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(78.85% 0.115 200.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.6176, 51.4431, 72.8994)
Luminance	0.5145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D0D8 #D85048

analogous

#48D898 #48D0D8 #4888D8

triadic

#48D0D8 #D848D0 #D0D848

tetradic

#48D0D8 #9848D8 #D85048 #88D848

square

#48D0D8 #9848D8 #D85048 #88D848

split-complementary

#48D0D8 #D84888 #D89848

monochromatic

#1D8389 #28B3BB #48D0D8 #7ADDE3 #ADEAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#48D0D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#48D0D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D0D8

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D0D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D0D8	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C7D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB7D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d0d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 208, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.115 200.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddfe4',
    500: '#48d0d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d0d8;
$custom-light: #8ddfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d0d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.333,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78853,
    "c": 0.11523,
    "h": 200.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D0D8

secondary

#8F3B36

accent

#4940E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D0D8

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

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