#48C3D9#48C3D9

#48C3D9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.111 H 211.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C3D9
RGB	rgb(72, 195, 217)
HSL	hsl(189, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 10.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.16, -26.95, -20.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.16, 34.15, 217.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% -0.0943 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.111 211.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.7067, 45.4138, 72.5688)
Luminance	0.4542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C3D9 #D95E48

analogous

#48D9A6 #48C3D9 #487BD9

triadic

#48C3D9 #D948C3 #C3D948

tetradic

#48C3D9 #A648D9 #D95E48 #7BD948

square

#48C3D9 #A648D9 #D95E48 #7BD948

split-complementary

#48C3D9 #D9487B #D9A648

monochromatic

#1D798A #27A6BD #48C3D9 #7BD4E4 #ADE4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#48C3D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#48C3D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C3D9

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C3D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C3D9	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BCDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DADD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c3d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 195, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.111 211.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd5e4',
    500: '#48c3d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c3d9;
$custom-light: #8cd5e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c3d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.103,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75811,
    "c": 0.1109,
    "h": 211.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C3D9

secondary

#DCAAA1

accent

#593FE9

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C3D9

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

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