#48D2DD#48D2DD

#48D2DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.117 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D2DD
RGB	rgb(72, 210, 221)
HSL	hsl(184, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(184, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.69, -33.04, -16.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.69, 36.83, 206.23°)
OKLab	oklab(79.51% -0.1077 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(79.51% 0.117 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.7645, 52.6869, 76.5192)
Luminance	0.5269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D2DD #DD5348

analogous

#48DD9E #48D2DD #4887DD

triadic

#48D2DD #DD48D2 #D2DD48

tetradic

#48D2DD #9E48DD #DD5348 #87DD48

square

#48D2DD #9E48DD #DD5348 #87DD48

split-complementary

#48D2DD #DD4887 #DD9E48

monochromatic

#1B8790 #24B8C3 #48D2DD #7CDFE7 #AFEBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#48D2DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#48D2DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D2DD

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D2DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D2DD	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C9DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB9DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d2dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 210, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.117 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee0e7',
    500: '#48d2dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d2dd;
$custom-light: #8ee0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d2dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.43,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79506,
    "c": 0.11677,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D2DD

secondary

#953B34

accent

#493CEC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D2DD

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

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