#48C1D8#48C1D8

#48C1D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.110 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C1D8
RGB	rgb(72, 193, 216)
HSL	hsl(190, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(190, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 10.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.54, -26.25, -21.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.54, 33.85, 219.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.3% -0.0927 -0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(75.3% 0.11 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.1319, 44.4717, 71.7375)
Luminance	0.4448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C1D8 #D85F48

analogous

#48D8A7 #48C1D8 #4879D8

triadic

#48C1D8 #D848C1 #C1D848

tetradic

#48C1D8 #A748D8 #D85F48 #79D848

square

#48C1D8 #A748D8 #D85F48 #79D848

split-complementary

#48C1D8 #D84879 #D8A748

monochromatic

#1D7789 #28A3BB #48C1D8 #7AD2E3 #ADE3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#48C1D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#48C1D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C1D8

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C1D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C1D8	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBBD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BABD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c1d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 193, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.110 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd4e4',
    500: '#48c1d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c1d8;
$custom-light: #8cd4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c1d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.583,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.753,
    "c": 0.11014,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C1D8

secondary

#DBAAA0

accent

#5B40E8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C1D8

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

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