#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
RGBrgb(72, 195, 216)
HSLhsl(189, 65%, 56%)
HSVhsv(189, 67%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(66.7%, 9.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(73.13, -27.25, -20.48)
CIE-LCHlch(73.13, 34.08, 216.93°)
OKLaboklab(75.77% -0.0947 -0.0569)
OKLCHoklch(75.77% 0.111 211)
XYZxyz(34.5770, 45.3619, 71.8859)
Luminance0.4537 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##48C3D81.002.0810.0710.07
#FFFFFF2.081.0021.0021.00
#00000010.0721.001.001.00
##00000010.0721.001.001.00

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

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#48C3D8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva