#48D0DC#48D0DC

#48D0DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.116 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D0DC
RGB	rgb(72, 208, 220)
HSL	hsl(185, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(185, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 5.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.07, -32.38, -16.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.07, 36.42, 207.25°)
OKLab	oklab(79% -0.1061 -0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(79% 0.116 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.1410, 51.6524, 75.6561)
Luminance	0.5166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D0DC #DC5448

analogous

#48DC9E #48D0DC #4886DC

triadic

#48D0DC #DC48D0 #D0DC48

tetradic

#48D0DC #9E48DC #DC5448 #86DC48

square

#48D0DC #9E48DC #DC5448 #86DC48

split-complementary

#48D0DC #DC4886 #DC9E48

monochromatic

#1B858E #25B5C2 #48D0DC #7BDDE6 #AFEAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#48D0DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#48D0DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D0DC

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D0DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D0DC	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C8DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB7DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d0dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 208, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.116 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edfe6',
    500: '#48d0dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d0dc;
$custom-light: #8edfe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d0dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.865,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78997,
    "c": 0.11576,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D0DC

secondary

#943C35

accent

#4B3DEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D0DC

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

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