#48D8DA#48D8DA

#48D8DA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.120 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D8DA
RGB	rgb(72, 216, 218)
HSL	hsl(181, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(181, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.36, -36.70, -12.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.36, 38.67, 198.35°)
OKLab	oklab(80.82% -0.1149 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(80.82% 0.12 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.8776, 55.5468, 74.9360)
Luminance	0.5555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D8DA #DA4A48

analogous

#48DA93 #48D8DA #488FDA

triadic

#48D8DA #DA48D8 #D8DA48

tetradic

#48D8DA #9348DA #DA4A48 #8FDA48

square

#48D8DA #9348DA #DA4A48 #8FDA48

split-complementary

#48D8DA #DA488F #DA9348

monochromatic

#1C8A8B #26BCBE #48D8DA #7BE3E4 #AEEEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#48D8DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#48D8DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D8DA

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D8DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D8DA	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACEDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BEDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 216, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.120 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee4e5',
    500: '#48d8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d8da;
$custom-light: #8ee4e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.822,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80823,
    "c": 0.11973,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D8DA

secondary

#913635

accent

#413FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D8DA

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

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