#48D7DD#48D7DD

#48D7DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.119 H 199.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D7DD
RGB	rgb(72, 215, 221)
HSL	hsl(182, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(182, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 2.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.15, -35.39, -14.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.15, 38.09, 201.69°)
OKLab	oklab(80.69% -0.1126 -0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(80.69% 0.119 199.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.0183, 55.1945, 76.9371)
Luminance	0.5520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D7DD #DD4E48

analogous

#48DD98 #48D7DD #488DDD

triadic

#48D7DD #DD48D7 #D7DD48

tetradic

#48D7DD #9848DD #DD4E48 #8DDD48

square

#48D7DD #9848DD #DD4E48 #8DDD48

split-complementary

#48D7DD #DD488D #DD9848

monochromatic

#1B8B90 #24BDC3 #48D7DD #7CE2E7 #AFEEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#48D7DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#48D7DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D7DD

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D7DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D7DD	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8CDDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BDDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d7dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 215, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.119 199.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe4e7',
    500: '#48d7dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d7dd;
$custom-light: #8fe4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d7dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.416,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8069,
    "c": 0.1192,
    "h": 199.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D7DD

secondary

#953834

accent

#433CEC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D7DD

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

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