#48D0DB#48D0DB

#48D0DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.116 H 202.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D0DB
RGB	rgb(72, 208, 219)
HSL	hsl(184, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(184, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.04, -32.67, -16.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.04, 36.46, 206.35°)
OKLab	oklab(78.96% -0.1065 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(78.96% 0.116 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.0090, 51.5996, 74.9607)
Luminance	0.5160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D0DB #DB5348

analogous

#48DB9D #48D0DB #4887DB

triadic

#48D0DB #DB48D0 #D0DB48

tetradic

#48D0DB #9D48DB #DB5348 #87DB48

square

#48D0DB #9D48DB #DB5348 #87DB48

split-complementary

#48D0DB #DB4887 #DB9D48

monochromatic

#1C848D #26B4C0 #48D0DB #7BDDE5 #AEEAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#48D0DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#48D0DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D0DB

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D0DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D0DB	1.00	1.85	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C7DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB7DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d0db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 208, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.116 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edfe6',
    500: '#48d0db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d0db;
$custom-light: #8edfe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d0db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.49,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7896,
    "c": 0.1156,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D0DB

secondary

#923C35

accent

#4B3EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D0DB

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

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