#48D2DC#48D2DC

#48D2DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.117 H 202.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D2DC
RGB	rgb(72, 210, 220)
HSL	hsl(184, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(184, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 4.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.66, -33.33, -15.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.66, 36.88, 205.35°)
OKLab	oklab(79.47% -0.1081 -0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(79.47% 0.117 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.6317, 52.6338, 75.8196)
Luminance	0.5264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D2DC #DC5248

analogous

#48DC9C #48D2DC #4888DC

triadic

#48D2DC #DC48D2 #D2DC48

tetradic

#48D2DC #9C48DC #DC5248 #88DC48

square

#48D2DC #9C48DC #DC5248 #88DC48

split-complementary

#48D2DC #DC4888 #DC9C48

monochromatic

#1B878E #25B7C2 #48D2DC #7BDFE6 #AFEBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#48D2DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#48D2DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D2DC

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D2DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D2DC	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C9DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB9DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d2dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 210, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.117 202.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee0e6',
    500: '#48d2dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d2dc;
$custom-light: #8ee0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d2dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.054,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7947,
    "c": 0.11663,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D2DC

secondary

#943B35

accent

#493DEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D2DC

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

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