#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
RGB	rgb(72, 217, 221)
HSL	hsl(182, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(182, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 1.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.74, -36.32, -13.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.74, 38.65, 199.98°)
OKLab	oklab(81.16% -0.1146 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(81.16% 0.12 197.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.5307, 56.2192, 77.1079)
Luminance	0.5622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##48D9DD	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #48D9DD

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

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