#48D1DE#48D1DE

#48D1DE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.117 H 204.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D1DE
RGB	rgb(72, 209, 222)
HSL	hsl(185, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(185, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 5.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.43, -32.27, -17.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.43, 36.58, 208.07°)
OKLab	oklab(79.31% -0.1063 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(79.31% 0.117 204.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.6520, 52.2482, 77.1409)
Luminance	0.5225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D1DE #DE5548

analogous

#48DEA0 #48D1DE #4886DE

triadic

#48D1DE #DE48D1 #D1DE48

tetradic

#48D1DE #A048DE #DE5548 #86DE48

square

#48D1DE #A048DE #DE5548 #86DE48

split-complementary

#48D1DE #DE4886 #DEA048

monochromatic

#1A8791 #24B7C5 #48D1DE #7CDEE7 #B0EBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#48D1DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#48D1DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D1DE

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D1DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D1DE	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C9DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB8DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d1de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 209, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.117 204.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edfe8',
    500: '#48d1de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d1de;
$custom-light: #8edfe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d1de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.2,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79306,
    "c": 0.11652,
    "h": 204.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D1DE

secondary

#963C34

accent

#4B3CEC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D1DE

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

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