#48C3D8#48C3D8

#48C3D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.111 H 211.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C3D8
RGB	rgb(72, 195, 216)
HSL	hsl(189, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(189, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 9.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.13, -27.25, -20.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.13, 34.08, 216.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% -0.0947 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.111 211)
XYZ	xyz(34.5770, 45.3619, 71.8859)
Luminance	0.4537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C3D8 #D85D48

analogous

#48D8A5 #48C3D8 #487BD8

triadic

#48C3D8 #D848C3 #C3D848

tetradic

#48C3D8 #A548D8 #D85D48 #7BD848

square

#48C3D8 #A548D8 #D85D48 #7BD848

split-complementary

#48C3D8 #D8487B #D8A548

monochromatic

#1D7989 #28A6BB #48C3D8 #7AD4E3 #ADE4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#48C3D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#48C3D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C3D8

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C3D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C3D8	1.00	2.08	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BCD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DADD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c3d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 195, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.111 211.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd5e4',
    500: '#48c3d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c3d8;
$custom-light: #8cd5e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c3d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.75,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75772,
    "c": 0.11053,
    "h": 211
  },
  "luminance": 0.45366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C3D8

secondary

#DBA9A0

accent

#5840E8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C3D8

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

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