#48D6DC#48D6DC

#48D6DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.119 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D6DC
RGB	rgb(72, 214, 220)
HSL	hsl(182, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(182, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 2.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.83, -35.21, -14.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.83, 37.90, 201.73°)
OKLab	oklab(80.42% -0.112 -0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(80.42% 0.119 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.6316, 54.6336, 76.1529)
Luminance	0.5464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D6DC #DC4E48

analogous

#48DC98 #48D6DC #488CDC

triadic

#48D6DC #DC48D6 #D6DC48

tetradic

#48D6DC #9848DC #DC4E48 #8CDC48

square

#48D6DC #9848DC #DC4E48 #8CDC48

split-complementary

#48D6DC #DC488C #DC9848

monochromatic

#1B8A8E #25BBC2 #48D6DC #7BE2E6 #AFEDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#48D6DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#48D6DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D6DC

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D6DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D6DC	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CDDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BCDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d6dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 214, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.119 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee3e6',
    500: '#48d6dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d6dc;
$custom-light: #8ee3e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d6dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.432,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80418,
    "c": 0.11862,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D6DC

secondary

#943835

accent

#443DEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D6DC

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

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