#48D8DD#48D8DD

#48D8DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.120 H 198.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D8DD
RGB	rgb(72, 216, 221)
HSL	hsl(182, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(182, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 2.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.45, -35.86, -13.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.45, 38.36, 200.83°)
OKLab	oklab(80.93% -0.1136 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(80.93% 0.12 198.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.2737, 55.7053, 77.0223)
Luminance	0.5571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D8DD #DD4D48

analogous

#48DD97 #48D8DD #488EDD

triadic

#48D8DD #DD48D8 #D8DD48

tetradic

#48D8DD #9748DD #DD4D48 #8EDD48

square

#48D8DD #9748DD #DD4D48 #8EDD48

split-complementary

#48D8DD #DD488E #DD9748

monochromatic

#1B8C90 #24BEC3 #48D8DD #7CE3E7 #AFEEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#48D8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#48D8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D8DD

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D8DD	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CEDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BEDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 216, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.120 198.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe4e7',
    500: '#48d8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d8dd;
$custom-light: #8fe4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.013,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80926,
    "c": 0.11974,
    "h": 198.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D8DD

secondary

#953734

accent

#423CEC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D8DD

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

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