#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
RGB	rgb(72, 193, 217)
HSL	hsl(190, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(190, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 11.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.58, -25.95, -21.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.58, 33.93, 220.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% -0.0923 -0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.111 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2616, 44.5236, 72.4204)
Luminance	0.4453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##48C1D9	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

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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