#48D7DF#48D7DF

#48D7DF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.119 H 200.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D7DF
RGB	rgb(72, 215, 223)
HSL	hsl(183, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(183, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 3.6%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.21, -34.82, -15.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.21, 37.94, 203.38°)
OKLab	oklab(80.76% -0.1118 -0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(80.76% 0.119 200.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.2863, 55.3017, 78.3488)
Luminance	0.5531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D7DF #DF5048

analogous

#48DF9C #48D7DF #488BDF

triadic

#48D7DF #DF48D7 #D7DF48

tetradic

#48D7DF #9C48DF #DF5048 #8BDF48

square

#48D7DF #9C48DF #DF5048 #8BDF48

split-complementary

#48D7DF #DF488B #DF9C48

monochromatic

#1A8C93 #23BEC7 #48D7DF #7CE2E8 #B0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#48D7DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#48D7DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D7DF

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D7DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D7DF	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CEE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BDE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d7df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 215, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.119 200.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe4e9',
    500: '#48d7df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d7df;
$custom-light: #8fe4e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d7df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.179,
    "s": 70.233,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8076,
    "c": 0.11934,
    "h": 200.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D7DF

secondary

#983934

accent

#443BED

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D7DF

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

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