#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
RGB	rgb(72, 193, 208)
HSL	hsl(187, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(187, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 7.2%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.27, -28.63, -17.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.27, 33.52, 211.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% -0.096 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.107 206.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.1228, 44.0681, 66.4226)
Luminance	0.4407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##48C1D0	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

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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