#48D5DF#48D5DF

#48D5DF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.118 H 201.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D5DF
RGB	rgb(72, 213, 223)
HSL	hsl(184, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(184, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 4.5%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.63, -33.88, -15.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.63, 37.44, 205.19°)
OKLab	oklab(80.29% -0.1098 -0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(80.29% 0.118 201.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.7802, 54.2894, 78.1801)
Luminance	0.5429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D5DF #DF5248

analogous

#48DF9E #48D5DF #4889DF

triadic

#48D5DF #DF48D5 #D5DF48

tetradic

#48D5DF #9E48DF #DF5248 #89DF48

square

#48D5DF #9E48DF #DF5248 #89DF48

split-complementary

#48D5DF #DF4889 #DF9E48

monochromatic

#1A8B93 #23BCC7 #48D5DF #7CE1E8 #B0EDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#48D5DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#48D5DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D5DF

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D5DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D5DF	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CCE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBCE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d5df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 213, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.118 201.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe2e9',
    500: '#48d5df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d5df;
$custom-light: #8fe2e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d5df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.974,
    "s": 70.233,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80287,
    "c": 0.11838,
    "h": 201.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D5DF

secondary

#983A34

accent

#473BED

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D5DF

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

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