#48DCDD#48DCDD

#48DCDD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.122 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DCDD
RGB	rgb(72, 220, 221)
HSL	hsl(180, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(180, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.62, -37.71, -11.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.62, 39.54, 197.50°)
OKLab	oklab(81.88% -0.1175 -0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(81.88% 0.122 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.3110, 57.7798, 77.3680)
Luminance	0.5778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DCDD #DD4948

analogous

#48DD94 #48DCDD #4891DD

triadic

#48DCDD #DD48DC #DCDD48

tetradic

#48DCDD #9448DD #DD4948 #91DD48

square

#48DCDD #9448DD #DD4948 #91DD48

split-complementary

#48DCDD #DD4891 #DD9448

monochromatic

#1B8F90 #24C2C3 #48DCDD #7CE6E7 #AFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#48DCDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#48DCDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DCDD

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DCDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DCDD	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED2DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C1DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dcdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 220, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.122 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe7e7',
    500: '#48dcdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dcdd;
$custom-light: #8fe7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dcdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.403,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81875,
    "c": 0.12209,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DCDD

secondary

#953534

accent

#3D3CEC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DCDD

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

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