#48D1DA#48D1DA

#48D1DA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.116 H 201.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D1DA
RGB	rgb(72, 209, 218)
HSL	hsl(184, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(184, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 4.1%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.30, -33.43, -15.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.30, 36.74, 204.53°)
OKLab	oklab(79.16% -0.1079 -0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(79.16% 0.116 201.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1223, 52.0363, 74.3509)
Luminance	0.5204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D1DA #DA5148

analogous

#48DA9A #48D1DA #4888DA

triadic

#48D1DA #DA48D1 #D1DA48

tetradic

#48D1DA #9A48DA #DA5148 #88DA48

square

#48D1DA #9A48DA #DA5148 #88DA48

split-complementary

#48D1DA #DA4888 #DA9A48

monochromatic

#1C858B #26B5BE #48D1DA #7BDEE4 #AEEBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#48D1DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#48D1DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D1DA

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D1DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D1DA	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C8DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB8DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d1da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 209, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.116 201.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edfe5',
    500: '#48d1da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d1da;
$custom-light: #8edfe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d1da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.699,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79161,
    "c": 0.11593,
    "h": 201.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D1DA

secondary

#913B35

accent

#493FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D1DA

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

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