#48D0DE#48D0DE

#48D0DE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.116 H 205.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D0DE
RGB	rgb(72, 208, 222)
HSL	hsl(186, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(186, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 6.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.14, -31.80, -17.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.14, 36.37, 209.04°)
OKLab	oklab(79.07% -0.1053 -0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(79.07% 0.116 205)
XYZ	xyz(38.4075, 51.7590, 77.0594)
Luminance	0.5176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D0DE #DE5648

analogous

#48DEA1 #48D0DE #4885DE

triadic

#48D0DE #DE48D0 #D0DE48

tetradic

#48D0DE #A148DE #DE5648 #85DE48

square

#48D0DE #A148DE #DE5648 #85DE48

split-complementary

#48D0DE #DE4885 #DEA148

monochromatic

#1A8691 #24B6C5 #48D0DE #7CDDE7 #B0EBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#48D0DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#48D0DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D0DE

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D0DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D0DE	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C8DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB8DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d0de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 208, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.116 205.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edee8',
    500: '#48d0de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d0de;
$custom-light: #8edee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d0de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.6,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79069,
    "c": 0.11613,
    "h": 205
  },
  "luminance": 0.51763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D0DE

secondary

#963D34

accent

#4C3CEC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D0DE

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

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