#48C2D7#48C2D7

#48C2D7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.110 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C2D7
RGB	rgb(72, 194, 215)
HSL	hsl(189, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(189, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 9.8%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.80, -27.05, -20.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.80, 33.90, 217.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.5% -0.0941 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(75.5% 0.11 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.2248, 44.8638, 71.1327)
Luminance	0.4487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C2D7 #D75D48

analogous

#48D7A5 #48C2D7 #487BD7

triadic

#48C2D7 #D748C2 #C2D748

tetradic

#48C2D7 #A548D7 #D75D48 #7BD748

square

#48C2D7 #A548D7 #D75D48 #7BD748

split-complementary

#48C2D7 #D7487B #D7A548

monochromatic

#1E7887 #29A4B9 #48C2D7 #7AD3E2 #ACE3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#48C2D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#48C2D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C2D7

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C2D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C2D7	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BBD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CACD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c2d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 194, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.110 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd4e3',
    500: '#48c2d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c2d7;
$custom-light: #8cd4e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c2d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.811,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75497,
    "c": 0.10994,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C2D7

secondary

#DBA9A0

accent

#5941E7

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C2D7

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

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