#48D0D9#48D0D9

#48D0D9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.115 H 201.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D0D9
RGB	rgb(72, 208, 217)
HSL	hsl(184, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(184, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 4.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.98, -33.24, -15.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.98, 36.55, 204.58°)
OKLab	oklab(78.89% -0.1073 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(78.89% 0.115 201.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.7473, 51.4949, 73.5823)
Luminance	0.5150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D0D9 #D95148

analogous

#48D99A #48D0D9 #4888D9

triadic

#48D0D9 #D948D0 #D0D948

tetradic

#48D0D9 #9A48D9 #D95148 #88D948

square

#48D0D9 #9A48D9 #D95148 #88D948

split-complementary

#48D0D9 #D94888 #D99A48

monochromatic

#1D838A #27B3BD #48D0D9 #7BDDE4 #ADEAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#48D0D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#48D0D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D0D9

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D0D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D0D9	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C7DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB7DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d0d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 208, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.115 201.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddfe4',
    500: '#48d0d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d0d9;
$custom-light: #8ddfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d0d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.724,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78889,
    "c": 0.11534,
    "h": 201.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D0D9

secondary

#903B35

accent

#4A3FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D0D9

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

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