#48D9DD#48D9DD

#48D9DD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.120 H 197.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48D9DD
RGBrgb(72, 217, 221)
HSLhsl(182, 69%, 57%)
HSVhsv(182, 67%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(67.4%, 1.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(79.74, -36.32, -13.20)
CIE-LCHlch(79.74, 38.65, 199.98°)
OKLaboklab(81.16% -0.1146 -0.0366)
OKLCHoklch(81.16% 0.12 197.7)
XYZxyz(40.5307, 56.2192, 77.1079)
Luminance0.5622 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48D9DD #DD4C48
analogous
#48DD97 #48D9DD #488EDD
triadic
#48D9DD #DD48D9 #D9DD48
tetradic
#48D9DD #9748DD #DD4C48 #8EDD48
square
#48D9DD #9748DD #DD4C48 #8EDD48
split-complementary
#48D9DD #DD488E #DD9748
monochromatic
#1B8D90 #24BFC3 #48D9DD #7CE4E7 #AFEEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72
#48D9DD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24
#48D9DD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D9DD
12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48D9DD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48D9DD1.001.7212.2412.24
#FFFFFF1.721.0021.0021.00
#00000012.2421.001.001.00
##00000012.2421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CACFDE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B4BFDE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00E0DA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48d9dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 217, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.120 197.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe5e7',
    500: '#48d9dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48d9dd;
$custom-light: #8fe5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48d9dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.611,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81163,
    "c": 0.12031,
    "h": 197.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48D9DD
secondary
#953734
accent
#413CEC
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F5FCFC
border
#CFD5D5
text
#0E1616
muted
#7F8484

Preview Lab

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#48D9DD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva