#48C2D3#48C2D3

#48C2D3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.109 H 208.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C2D3
RGB	rgb(72, 194, 211)
HSL	hsl(187, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(187, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 8.1%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.67, -28.24, -18.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.67, 33.74, 213.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% -0.0957 -0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.109 208.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.7171, 44.6607, 68.4588)
Luminance	0.4466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C2D3 #D35948

analogous

#48D39E #48C2D3 #487CD3

triadic

#48C2D3 #D348C2 #C2D348

tetradic

#48C2D3 #9E48D3 #D35948 #7CD348

square

#48C2D3 #9E48D3 #D35948 #7CD348

split-complementary

#48C2D3 #D3487C #D39E48

monochromatic

#1F7581 #2BA2B3 #48C2D3 #79D2DF #ABE3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#48C2D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#48C2D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C2D3

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C2D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C2D3	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BBD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EACD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c2d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 194, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.109 208.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd4e0',
    500: '#48c2d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c2d3;
$custom-light: #8cd4e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c2d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.338,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75345,
    "c": 0.1086,
    "h": 208.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C2D3

secondary

#D8A69E

accent

#5743E4

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C2D3

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

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