#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
RGBrgb(72, 194, 216)
HSLhsl(189, 65%, 56%)
HSVhsv(189, 67%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(66.7%, 10.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(72.84, -26.75, -20.92)
CIE-LCHlch(72.84, 33.96, 218.03°)
OKLaboklab(75.54% -0.0937 -0.0582)
OKLCHoklch(75.54% 0.11 211.8)
XYZxyz(34.3537, 44.9153, 71.8114)
Luminance0.4492 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##48C2D81.002.109.989.98
#FFFFFF2.101.0021.0021.00
#0000009.9821.001.001.00
##0000009.9821.001.001.00

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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#48C2D8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva