#48C1D0#48C1D0

#48C1D0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.107 H 206.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48C1D0
RGBrgb(72, 193, 208)
HSLhsl(187, 59%, 55%)
HSVhsv(187, 65%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(65.4%, 7.2%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LABlab(72.27, -28.63, -17.43)
CIE-LCHlch(72.27, 33.52, 211.32°)
OKLaboklab(74.99% -0.096 -0.0483)
OKLCHoklch(74.99% 0.107 206.7)
XYZxyz(33.1228, 44.0681, 66.4226)
Luminance0.4407 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48C1D0 #D05748
analogous
#48D09B #48C1D0 #487DD0
triadic
#48C1D0 #D048C1 #C1D048
tetradic
#48C1D0 #9B48D0 #D05748 #7DD048
square
#48C1D0 #9B48D0 #D05748 #7DD048
split-complementary
#48C1D0 #D0487D #D09B48
monochromatic
#20737D #2DA0AE #48C1D0 #79D1DD #A9E2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14
#48C1D0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81
#48C1D0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C1D0
9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48C1D0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48C1D01.002.149.819.81
#FFFFFF2.141.0021.0021.00
#0000009.8121.001.001.00
##0000009.8121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B1BAD1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9DABD0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C9C5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48c1d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 193, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.107 206.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd4de',
    500: '#48c1d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48c1d0;
$custom-light: #8bd4de;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48c1d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.618,
    "s": 59.13,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74994,
    "c": 0.10745,
    "h": 206.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48C1D0
secondary
#D7A49D
accent
#5745E2
background
#F9FDFD
surface
#F1FAFB
border
#CBD3D4
text
#0D1415
muted
#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C1D0

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

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#48C1D0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva