#48C1D9#48C1D9

#48C1D9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.111 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48C1D9
RGBrgb(72, 193, 217)
HSLhsl(190, 66%, 57%)
HSVhsv(190, 67%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(66.8%, 11.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(72.58, -25.95, -21.86)
CIE-LCHlch(72.58, 33.93, 220.11°)
OKLaboklab(75.34% -0.0923 -0.0608)
OKLCHoklch(75.34% 0.111 213.4)
XYZxyz(34.2616, 44.5236, 72.4204)
Luminance0.4453 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48C1D9 #D96048
analogous
#48D9A9 #48C1D9 #4879D9
triadic
#48C1D9 #D948C1 #C1D948
tetradic
#48C1D9 #A948D9 #D96048 #79D948
square
#48C1D9 #A948D9 #D96048 #79D948
split-complementary
#48C1D9 #D94879 #D9A948
monochromatic
#1D788A #27A4BD #48C1D9 #7BD2E4 #ADE3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12
#48C1D9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91
#48C1D9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C1D9
9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48C1D9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48C1D91.002.129.919.91
#FFFFFF2.121.0021.0021.00
#0000009.9121.001.001.00
##0000009.9121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AFBBDA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9AABD9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CAC8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48c1d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 193, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.111 213.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd4e4',
    500: '#48c1d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48c1d9;
$custom-light: #8cd4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48c1d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.931,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75339,
    "c": 0.11056,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48C1D9
secondary
#DCABA1
accent
#5B3FE9
background
#F9FDFD
surface
#F2FAFB
border
#CCD3D4
text
#0D1415
muted
#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C1D9

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

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#48C1D9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva