#48C0D6#48C0D6

#48C0D6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.109 H 212.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C0D6
RGB	rgb(72, 192, 214)
HSL	hsl(189, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(189, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 10.3%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, -26.36, -20.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 33.60, 218.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% -0.0925 -0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.109 212)
XYZ	xyz(33.6546, 43.9283, 70.3106)
Luminance	0.4393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C0D6 #D65E48

analogous

#48D6A5 #48C0D6 #4879D6

triadic

#48C0D6 #D648C0 #C0D648

tetradic

#48C0D6 #A548D6 #D65E48 #79D648

square

#48C0D6 #A548D6 #D65E48 #79D648

split-complementary

#48C0D6 #D64879 #D6A548

monochromatic

#1E7686 #29A2B8 #48C0D6 #7AD1E1 #ACE2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#48C0D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#48C0D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C0D6

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C0D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C0D6	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBAD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAAD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c0d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 192, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.109 212.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd3e2',
    500: '#48c0d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c0d6;
$custom-light: #8cd3e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c0d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.296,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74986,
    "c": 0.10915,
    "h": 212
  },
  "luminance": 0.43932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C0D6

secondary

#DAA9A0

accent

#5B41E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C0D6

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →