#48D1D2#48D1D2

#48D1D2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.116 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D1D2
RGB	rgb(72, 209, 210)
HSL	hsl(180, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(180, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 0.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.06, -35.70, -11.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.06, 37.45, 197.59°)
OKLab	oklab(78.88% -0.1113 -0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(78.88% 0.116 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.1006, 51.6276, 68.9701)
Luminance	0.5163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D1D2 #D24948

analogous

#48D28E #48D1D2 #488CD2

triadic

#48D1D2 #D248D1 #D1D248

tetradic

#48D1D2 #8E48D2 #D24948 #8CD248

square

#48D1D2 #8E48D2 #D24948 #8CD248

split-complementary

#48D1D2 #D2488C #D28E48

monochromatic

#207F80 #2CB0B1 #48D1D2 #79DDDE #AAEAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#48D1D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#48D1D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D1D2

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D1D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D1D2	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)

#C4C7D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB8D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d1d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 209, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.116 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddfdf',
    500: '#48d1d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d1d2;
$custom-light: #8ddfdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d1d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.435,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78882,
    "c": 0.11564,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D1D2

secondary

#873737

accent

#4544E4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D1D2

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

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