#48D2DF#48D2DF

#48D2DF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.117 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D2DF
RGB	rgb(72, 210, 223)
HSL	hsl(185, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(185, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 5.8%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.75, -32.46, -17.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.75, 36.76, 208.00°)
OKLab	oklab(79.58% -0.1069 -0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(79.58% 0.117 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.0326, 52.7942, 77.9309)
Luminance	0.5280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D2DF #DF5548

analogous

#48DFA1 #48D2DF #4886DF

triadic

#48D2DF #DF48D2 #D2DF48

tetradic

#48D2DF #A148DF #DF5548 #86DF48

square

#48D2DF #A148DF #DF5548 #86DF48

split-complementary

#48D2DF #DF4886 #DFA148

monochromatic

#1A8893 #23B9C7 #48D2DF #7CDFE8 #B0ECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#48D2DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#48D2DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D2DF

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D2DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D2DF	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CAE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB9E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d2df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 210, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.117 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee0e9',
    500: '#48d2df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d2df;
$custom-light: #8ee0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d2df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.166,
    "s": 70.233,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79578,
    "c": 0.1171,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D2DF

secondary

#983C34

accent

#4A3BED

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D2DF

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

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