#48D4DF#48D4DF

#48D4DF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.118 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D4DF
RGB	rgb(72, 212, 223)
HSL	hsl(184, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(184, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 4.9%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.34, -33.41, -16.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.34, 37.21, 206.11°)
OKLab	oklab(80.05% -0.1088 -0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(80.05% 0.118 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.5294, 53.7879, 78.0965)
Luminance	0.5379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D4DF #DF5348

analogous

#48DF9F #48D4DF #4888DF

triadic

#48D4DF #DF48D4 #D4DF48

tetradic

#48D4DF #9F48DF #DF5348 #88DF48

square

#48D4DF #9F48DF #DF5348 #88DF48

split-complementary

#48D4DF #DF4888 #DF9F48

monochromatic

#1A8A93 #23BBC7 #48D4DF #7CE0E8 #B0ECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#48D4DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#48D4DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D4DF

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D4DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D4DF	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CBE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBBE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d4df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 212, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.118 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee1e9',
    500: '#48d4df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d4df;
$custom-light: #8ee1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d4df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.371,
    "s": 70.233,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80051,
    "c": 0.11794,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D4DF

secondary

#983B34

accent

#483BED

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D4DF

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

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