#48D9DC#48D9DC

#48D9DC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.120 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D9DC
RGB	rgb(72, 217, 220)
HSL	hsl(181, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(181, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 1.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.71, -36.60, -12.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.71, 38.75, 199.15°)
OKLab	oklab(81.13% -0.115 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(81.13% 0.12 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.3978, 56.1661, 76.4083)
Luminance	0.5617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D9DC #DC4B48

analogous

#48DC95 #48D9DC #488FDC

triadic

#48D9DC #DC48D9 #D9DC48

tetradic

#48D9DC #9548DC #DC4B48 #8FDC48

square

#48D9DC #9548DC #DC4B48 #8FDC48

split-complementary

#48D9DC #DC488F #DC9548

monochromatic

#1B8C8E #25BFC2 #48D9DC #7BE4E6 #AFEEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#48D9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#48D9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D9DC

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D9DC	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACFDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BFDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 217, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.120 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe5e6',
    500: '#48d9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d9dc;
$custom-light: #8fe5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.216,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81129,
    "c": 0.1203,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D9DC

secondary

#943635

accent

#413DEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D9DC

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

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