#48D8DC#48D8DC

#48D8DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.120 H 197.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D8DC
RGB	rgb(72, 216, 220)
HSL	hsl(182, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(182, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 1.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.42, -36.14, -13.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.42, 38.46, 200.00°)
OKLab	oklab(80.89% -0.114 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(80.89% 0.12 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.1409, 55.6522, 76.3227)
Luminance	0.5566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D8DC #DC4C48

analogous

#48DC96 #48D8DC #488EDC

triadic

#48D8DC #DC48D8 #D8DC48

tetradic

#48D8DC #9648DC #DC4C48 #8EDC48

square

#48D8DC #9648DC #DC4C48 #8EDC48

split-complementary

#48D8DC #DC488E #DC9648

monochromatic

#1B8B8E #25BEC2 #48D8DC #7BE3E6 #AFEEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#48D8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#48D8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D8DC

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D8DC	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CEDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BEDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 216, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.120 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe4e6',
    500: '#48d8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d8dc;
$custom-light: #8fe4e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.622,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80892,
    "c": 0.11972,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D8DC

secondary

#943735

accent

#423DEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D8DC

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

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