#48D0DA#48D0DA

#48D0DA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.115 H 202.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D0DA
RGB	rgb(72, 208, 218)
HSL	hsl(184, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(184, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 4.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.01, -32.95, -15.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.01, 36.50, 205.46°)
OKLab	oklab(78.92% -0.1069 -0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(78.92% 0.115 202.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.8777, 51.5471, 74.2694)
Luminance	0.5155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D0DA #DA5248

analogous

#48DA9B #48D0DA #4887DA

triadic

#48D0DA #DA48D0 #D0DA48

tetradic

#48D0DA #9B48DA #DA5248 #87DA48

square

#48D0DA #9B48DA #DA5248 #87DA48

split-complementary

#48D0DA #DA4887 #DA9B48

monochromatic

#1C848B #26B4BE #48D0DA #7BDDE4 #AEEAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#48D0DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#48D0DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D0DA

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D0DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D0DA	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C7DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB7DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d0da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 208, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.115 202.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edfe5',
    500: '#48d0da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d0da;
$custom-light: #8edfe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d0da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.11,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78924,
    "c": 0.11545,
    "h": 202.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D0DA

secondary

#913B35

accent

#4A3FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D0DA

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

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