#48C3DA#48C3DA

#48C3DA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.111 H 212.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C3DA
RGB	rgb(72, 195, 218)
HSL	hsl(189, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 10.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.20, -26.65, -21.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.20, 34.21, 218.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% -0.094 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.111 212.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.8372, 45.4660, 73.2559)
Luminance	0.4547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C3DA #DA5F48

analogous

#48DAA8 #48C3DA #487ADA

triadic

#48C3DA #DA48C3 #C3DA48

tetradic

#48C3DA #A848DA #DA5F48 #7ADA48

square

#48C3DA #A848DA #DA5F48 #7ADA48

split-complementary

#48C3DA #DA487A #DAA848

monochromatic

#1C7A8B #26A6BE #48C3DA #7BD4E4 #AEE4EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#48C3DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#48C3DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C3DA

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C3DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C3DA	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BDDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CADDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c3da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 195, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.111 212.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd5e5',
    500: '#48c3da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c3da;
$custom-light: #8cd5e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c3da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.452,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7585,
    "c": 0.1113,
    "h": 212.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C3DA

secondary

#DDABA1

accent

#593FE9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C3DA

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

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