#48C0D2#48C0D2

#48C0D2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.108 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C0D2
RGB	rgb(72, 192, 210)
HSL	hsl(188, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(188, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 8.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.05, -27.55, -18.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.05, 33.39, 214.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% -0.0941 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.108 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.1501, 43.7265, 67.6532)
Luminance	0.4373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C0D2 #D25A48

analogous

#48D29F #48C0D2 #487BD2

triadic

#48C0D2 #D248C0 #C0D248

tetradic

#48C0D2 #9F48D2 #D25A48 #7BD248

square

#48C0D2 #9F48D2 #D25A48 #7BD248

split-complementary

#48C0D2 #D2487B #D29F48

monochromatic

#207380 #2CA0B1 #48C0D2 #79D1DE #AAE2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#48C0D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#48C0D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C0D2

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C0D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C0D2	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B9D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAAD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c0d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 192, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.108 209.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd3df',
    500: '#48c0d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c0d2;
$custom-light: #8bd3df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c0d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.826,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74832,
    "c": 0.10771,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C0D2

secondary

#D8A69E

accent

#5944E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C0D2

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

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