#48C2D4#48C2D4

#48C2D4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.109 H 208.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C2D4
RGB	rgb(72, 194, 212)
HSL	hsl(188, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(188, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 8.5%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.70, -27.94, -18.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.70, 33.77, 214.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% -0.0953 -0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.109 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.8429, 44.7110, 69.1211)
Luminance	0.4471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C2D4 #D45A48

analogous

#48D4A0 #48C2D4 #487CD4

triadic

#48C2D4 #D448C2 #C2D448

tetradic

#48C2D4 #A048D4 #D45A48 #7CD448

square

#48C2D4 #A048D4 #D45A48 #7CD448

split-complementary

#48C2D4 #D4487C #D4A048

monochromatic

#1F7683 #2AA3B4 #48C2D4 #7AD3E0 #ABE3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#48C2D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#48C2D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C2D4

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C2D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C2D4	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BBD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DACD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c2d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 194, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.109 208.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd4e1',
    500: '#48c2d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c2d4;
$custom-light: #8cd4e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c2d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.714,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75383,
    "c": 0.10891,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C2D4

secondary

#D9A69F

accent

#5843E5

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C2D4

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

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