#48C2D8#48C2D8

#48C2D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.110 H 211.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C2D8
RGB	rgb(72, 194, 216)
HSL	hsl(189, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(189, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 10.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.84, -26.75, -20.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.84, 33.96, 218.03°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% -0.0937 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.11 211.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.3537, 44.9153, 71.8114)
Luminance	0.4492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C2D8 #D85E48

analogous

#48D8A6 #48C2D8 #487AD8

triadic

#48C2D8 #D848C2 #C2D848

tetradic

#48C2D8 #A648D8 #D85E48 #7AD848

square

#48C2D8 #A648D8 #D85E48 #7AD848

split-complementary

#48C2D8 #D8487A #D8A648

monochromatic

#1D7889 #28A4BB #48C2D8 #7AD3E3 #ADE4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#48C2D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#48C2D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C2D8

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C2D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C2D8	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BBD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CACD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c2d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 194, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.110 211.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd4e4',
    500: '#48c2d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c2d8;
$custom-light: #8cd4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c2d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.167,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75536,
    "c": 0.11032,
    "h": 211.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C2D8

secondary

#DBA9A0

accent

#5A40E8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C2D8

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

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