#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
RGBrgb(72, 209, 222)
HSLhsl(185, 69%, 58%)
HSVhsv(185, 68%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(67.6%, 5.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LABlab(77.43, -32.27, -17.21)
CIE-LCHlch(77.43, 36.58, 208.07°)
OKLaboklab(79.31% -0.1063 -0.0478)
OKLCHoklch(79.31% 0.117 204.2)
XYZxyz(38.6520, 52.2482, 77.1409)
Luminance0.5225 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##48D1DE1.001.8311.4511.45
#FFFFFF1.831.0021.0021.00
#00000011.4521.001.001.00
##00000011.4521.001.001.00

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

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#48D1DE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva