#48D1D9#48D1D9

#48D1D9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.116 H 200.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D1D9
RGB	rgb(72, 209, 217)
HSL	hsl(183, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(183, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 3.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.27, -33.72, -14.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.27, 36.81, 203.65°)
OKLab	oklab(79.13% -0.1083 -0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(79.13% 0.116 200.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9918, 51.9841, 73.6639)
Luminance	0.5199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D1D9 #D95048

analogous

#48D998 #48D1D9 #4889D9

triadic

#48D1D9 #D948D1 #D1D948

tetradic

#48D1D9 #9848D9 #D95048 #89D948

square

#48D1D9 #9848D9 #D95048 #89D948

split-complementary

#48D1D9 #D94889 #D99848

monochromatic

#1D848A #27B4BD #48D1D9 #7BDEE4 #ADEAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#48D1D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#48D1D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D1D9

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D1D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D1D9	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C8DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB8DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d1d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 209, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.116 200.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edfe4',
    500: '#48d1d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d1d9;
$custom-light: #8edfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d1d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.31,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79126,
    "c": 0.11582,
    "h": 200.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D1D9

secondary

#903A35

accent

#493FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D1D9

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

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