#48DCDF#48DCDF

#48DCDF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.122 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DCDF
RGB	rgb(72, 220, 223)
HSL	hsl(181, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(181, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 1.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.68, -37.15, -12.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.68, 39.31, 199.10°)
OKLab	oklab(81.94% -0.1167 -0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(81.94% 0.122 197)
XYZ	xyz(41.5790, 57.8870, 78.7797)
Luminance	0.5789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DCDF #DF4B48

analogous

#48DF96 #48DCDF #4890DF

triadic

#48DCDF #DF48DC #DCDF48

tetradic

#48DCDF #9648DF #DF4B48 #90DF48

square

#48DCDF #9648DF #DF4B48 #90DF48

split-complementary

#48DCDF #DF4890 #DF9648

monochromatic

#1A9193 #23C4C7 #48DCDF #7CE6E8 #B0F0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#48DCDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#48DCDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DCDF

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DCDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DCDF	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C1E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dcdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 220, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.122 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe7e9',
    500: '#48dcdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dcdf;
$custom-light: #8fe7e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dcdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.192,
    "s": 70.233,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81943,
    "c": 0.12204,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.57892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DCDF

secondary

#983634

accent

#3E3BED

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DCDF

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

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