#48D1D8#48D1D8

#48D1D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.116 H 200.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D1D8
RGB	rgb(72, 209, 216)
HSL	hsl(183, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(183, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 3.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.24, -34.00, -14.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.24, 36.87, 202.77°)
OKLab	oklab(79.09% -0.1088 -0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(79.09% 0.116 200)
XYZ	xyz(37.8622, 51.9322, 72.9809)
Luminance	0.5194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D1D8 #D84F48

analogous

#48D897 #48D1D8 #4889D8

triadic

#48D1D8 #D848D1 #D1D848

tetradic

#48D1D8 #9748D8 #D84F48 #89D848

square

#48D1D8 #9748D8 #D84F48 #89D848

split-complementary

#48D1D8 #D84889 #D89748

monochromatic

#1D8389 #28B4BB #48D1D8 #7ADEE3 #ADEAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#48D1D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#48D1D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D1D8

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D1D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D1D8	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C8D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB8D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d1d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 209, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.116 200.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddfe4',
    500: '#48d1d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d1d8;
$custom-light: #8ddfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d1d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.917,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7909,
    "c": 0.11574,
    "h": 200
  },
  "luminance": 0.51937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D1D8

secondary

#8F3A36

accent

#4840E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D1D8

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

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