#48D8DF#48D8DF

#48D8DF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.120 H 199.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D8DF
RGB	rgb(72, 216, 223)
HSL	hsl(183, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(183, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 3.1%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.51, -35.29, -14.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.51, 38.20, 202.50°)
OKLab	oklab(81% -0.1128 -0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(81% 0.12 199.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.5417, 55.8125, 78.4340)
Luminance	0.5582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D8DF #DF4F48

analogous

#48DF9A #48D8DF #488DDF

triadic

#48D8DF #DF48D8 #D8DF48

tetradic

#48D8DF #9A48DF #DF4F48 #8DDF48

square

#48D8DF #9A48DF #DF4F48 #8DDF48

split-complementary

#48D8DF #DF488D #DF9A48

monochromatic

#1A8D93 #23BFC7 #48D8DF #7CE3E8 #B0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#48D8DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#48D8DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D8DF

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D8DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D8DF	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CEE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BEE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d8df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 216, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.120 199.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe4e9',
    500: '#48d8df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d8df;
$custom-light: #8fe4e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d8df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.781,
    "s": 70.233,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80996,
    "c": 0.11984,
    "h": 199.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D8DF

secondary

#983834

accent

#433BED

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D8DF

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

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