#48C0D4#48C0D4

#48C0D4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.108 H 210.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C0D4
RGB	rgb(72, 192, 212)
HSL	hsl(189, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(189, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 9.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.11, -26.96, -19.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.11, 33.48, 216.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.0933 -0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.108 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.4008, 43.8268, 68.9737)
Luminance	0.4383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C0D4 #D45C48

analogous

#48D4A2 #48C0D4 #487AD4

triadic

#48C0D4 #D448C0 #C0D448

tetradic

#48C0D4 #A248D4 #D45C48 #7AD448

square

#48C0D4 #A248D4 #D45C48 #7AD448

split-complementary

#48C0D4 #D4487A #D4A248

monochromatic

#1F7583 #2AA1B4 #48C0D4 #7AD1E0 #ABE2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#48C0D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#48C0D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C0D4

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C0D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C0D4	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB9D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BAAD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c0d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 192, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.108 210.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd3e1',
    500: '#48c0d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c0d4;
$custom-light: #8bd3e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c0d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74908,
    "c": 0.10839,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C0D4

secondary

#D9A79F

accent

#5A43E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C0D4

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

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