#48D9DF#48D9DF

#48D9DF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.120 H 199.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48D9DF
RGBrgb(72, 217, 223)
HSLhsl(182, 70%, 58%)
HSVhsv(182, 68%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(67.7%, 2.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LABlab(79.80, -35.76, -14.18)
CIE-LCHlch(79.80, 38.46, 201.63°)
OKLaboklab(81.23% -0.1137 -0.0393)
OKLCHoklch(81.23% 0.12 199.1)
XYZxyz(40.7987, 56.3264, 78.5196)
Luminance0.5633 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48D9DF #DF4E48
analogous
#48DF99 #48D9DF #488DDF
triadic
#48D9DF #DF48D9 #D9DF48
tetradic
#48D9DF #9948DF #DF4E48 #8DDF48
square
#48D9DF #9948DF #DF4E48 #8DDF48
split-complementary
#48D9DF #DF488D #DF9948
monochromatic
#1A8E93 #23C0C7 #48D9DF #7CE4E8 #B0EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71
#48D9DF on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27
#48D9DF on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D9DF
12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48D9DF#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48D9DF1.001.7112.2712.27
#FFFFFF1.711.0021.0021.00
#00000012.2721.001.001.00
##00000012.2721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CACFE0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B3BFE0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00E1DA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48d9df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 217, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.120 199.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe5e9',
    500: '#48d9df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48d9df;
$custom-light: #8fe5e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48d9df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.384,
    "s": 70.233,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81233,
    "c": 0.12036,
    "h": 199.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48D9DF
secondary
#983834
accent
#423BED
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F5FCFC
border
#CFD5D5
text
#0E1616
muted
#7F8484

Preview Lab

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#48D9DF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva