#48D1DD#48D1DD

#48D1DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.116 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D1DD
RGB	rgb(72, 209, 221)
HSL	hsl(185, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(185, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 5.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.40, -32.56, -16.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.40, 36.61, 207.18°)
OKLab	oklab(79.27% -0.1067 -0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(79.27% 0.116 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.5184, 52.1947, 76.4372)
Luminance	0.5220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D1DD #DD5448

analogous

#48DD9E #48D1DD #4887DD

triadic

#48D1DD #DD48D1 #D1DD48

tetradic

#48D1DD #9E48DD #DD5448 #87DD48

square

#48D1DD #9E48DD #DD5448 #87DD48

split-complementary

#48D1DD #DD4887 #DD9E48

monochromatic

#1B8690 #24B7C3 #48D1DD #7CDEE7 #AFEBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#48D1DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#48D1DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D1DD

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D1DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D1DD	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C8DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB8DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d1dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 209, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.116 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edfe7',
    500: '#48d1dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d1dd;
$custom-light: #8edfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d1dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.832,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79269,
    "c": 0.11634,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D1DD

secondary

#953C34

accent

#4A3CEC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D1DD

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

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