#48D3DD#48D3DD

#48D3DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.117 H 202.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D3DD
RGB	rgb(72, 211, 221)
HSL	hsl(184, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(184, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 4.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.98, -33.51, -15.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.98, 37.07, 205.30°)
OKLab	oklab(79.74% -0.1087 -0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(79.74% 0.117 202)
XYZ	xyz(39.0122, 53.1823, 76.6017)
Luminance	0.5319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D3DD #DD5248

analogous

#48DD9D #48D3DD #4888DD

triadic

#48D3DD #DD48D3 #D3DD48

tetradic

#48D3DD #9D48DD #DD5248 #88DD48

square

#48D3DD #9D48DD #DD5248 #88DD48

split-complementary

#48D3DD #DD4888 #DD9D48

monochromatic

#1B8890 #24B9C3 #48D3DD #7CDFE7 #AFECF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#48D3DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#48D3DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D3DD

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D3DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D3DD	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CADE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBADE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d3dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 211, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.117 202.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee1e7',
    500: '#48d3dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d3dd;
$custom-light: #8ee1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d3dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.027,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79742,
    "c": 0.11722,
    "h": 202
  },
  "luminance": 0.53187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D3DD

secondary

#953B34

accent

#483CEC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D3DD

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

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