#48C2D6#48C2D6

#48C2D6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.110 H 210.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C2D6
RGB	rgb(72, 194, 214)
HSL	hsl(188, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(188, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 9.3%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.77, -27.35, -19.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.77, 33.85, 216.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% -0.0945 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.11 210.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.0967, 44.8125, 70.4580)
Luminance	0.4482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C2D6 #D65C48

analogous

#48D6A3 #48C2D6 #487BD6

triadic

#48C2D6 #D648C2 #C2D648

tetradic

#48C2D6 #A348D6 #D65C48 #7BD648

square

#48C2D6 #A348D6 #D65C48 #7BD648

split-complementary

#48C2D6 #D6487B #D6A348

monochromatic

#1E7786 #29A4B8 #48C2D6 #7AD3E1 #ACE3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#48C2D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#48C2D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C2D6

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C2D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C2D6	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BBD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DACD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c2d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 194, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.110 210.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd4e2',
    500: '#48c2d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c2d6;
$custom-light: #8cd4e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c2d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.451,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75459,
    "c": 0.10957,
    "h": 210.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C2D6

secondary

#DAA8A0

accent

#5941E6

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C2D6

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

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