#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
RGBrgb(72, 195, 217)
HSLhsl(189, 66%, 57%)
HSVhsv(189, 67%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(66.8%, 10.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(73.16, -26.95, -20.97)
CIE-LCHlch(73.16, 34.15, 217.89°)
OKLaboklab(75.81% -0.0943 -0.0583)
OKLCHoklch(75.81% 0.111 211.7)
XYZxyz(34.7067, 45.4138, 72.5688)
Luminance0.4542 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##48C3D91.002.0810.0810.08
#FFFFFF2.081.0021.0021.00
#00000010.0821.001.001.00
##00000010.0821.001.001.00

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

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#48C3D9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva