#48D1D1#48D1D1

#48D1D1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.116 H 195.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D1D1
RGB	rgb(72, 209, 209)
HSL	hsl(180, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(180, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.03, -35.98, -10.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.03, 37.57, 196.75°)
OKLab	oklab(78.85% -0.1117 -0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(78.85% 0.116 195.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.9764, 51.5779, 68.3160)
Luminance	0.5158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D1D1 #D14848

analogous

#48D18C #48D1D1 #488CD1

triadic

#48D1D1 #D148D1 #D1D148

tetradic

#48D1D1 #8C48D1 #D14848 #8CD148

square

#48D1D1 #8C48D1 #D14848 #8CD148

split-complementary

#48D1D1 #D1488C #D18C48

monochromatic

#207F7F #2CB0B0 #48D1D1 #79DDDD #AAEAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#48D1D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#48D1D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D1D1

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D1D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D1D1	1.00	1.86	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.86	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)

#C4C7D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB8D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d1d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 209, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.116 195.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddfdf',
    500: '#48d1d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d1d1;
$custom-light: #8ddfdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d1d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78848,
    "c": 0.1157,
    "h": 195.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D1D1

secondary

#863737

accent

#4545E3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D1D1

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

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