#48D6DF#48D6DF

#48D6DF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.119 H 201.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D6DF
RGB	rgb(72, 214, 223)
HSL	hsl(184, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(184, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 4%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.92, -34.35, -15.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.92, 37.69, 204.28°)
OKLab	oklab(80.52% -0.1108 -0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(80.52% 0.119 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.0325, 54.7940, 78.2642)
Luminance	0.5480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D6DF #DF5148

analogous

#48DF9C #48D6DF #488ADF

triadic

#48D6DF #DF48D6 #D6DF48

tetradic

#48D6DF #9C48DF #DF5148 #8ADF48

square

#48D6DF #9C48DF #DF5148 #8ADF48

split-complementary

#48D6DF #DF488A #DF9C48

monochromatic

#1A8C93 #23BDC7 #48D6DF #7CE2E8 #B0EDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#48D6DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#48D6DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D6DF

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D6DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D6DF	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CDE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BCE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d6df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 214, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.119 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe3e9',
    500: '#48d6df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d6df;
$custom-light: #8fe3e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d6df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.576,
    "s": 70.233,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80523,
    "c": 0.11885,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D6DF

secondary

#983A34

accent

#453BED

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D6DF

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

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