#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
RGB	rgb(72, 217, 223)
HSL	hsl(182, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(182, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 2.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.80, -35.76, -14.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.80, 38.46, 201.63°)
OKLab	oklab(81.23% -0.1137 -0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(81.23% 0.12 199.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.7987, 56.3264, 78.5196)
Luminance	0.5633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##48D9DF	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #48D9DF

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

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