#48D1DB#48D1DB

#48D1DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.116 H 202.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D1DB
RGB	rgb(72, 209, 219)
HSL	hsl(184, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(184, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 4.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.33, -33.14, -15.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.33, 36.69, 205.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.2% -0.1075 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(79.2% 0.116 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.2535, 52.0888, 75.0422)
Luminance	0.5209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D1DB #DB5248

analogous

#48DB9C #48D1DB #4887DB

triadic

#48D1DB #DB48D1 #D1DB48

tetradic

#48D1DB #9C48DB #DB5248 #87DB48

square

#48D1DB #9C48DB #DB5248 #87DB48

split-complementary

#48D1DB #DB4887 #DB9C48

monochromatic

#1C858D #26B6C0 #48D1DB #7BDEE5 #AEEBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#48D1DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#48D1DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D1DB

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D1DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D1DB	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C8DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB8DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d1db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 209, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.116 202.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edfe6',
    500: '#48d1db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d1db;
$custom-light: #8edfe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d1db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.082,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79197,
    "c": 0.11604,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D1DB

secondary

#923B35

accent

#493EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D1DB

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

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