#48C4D2#48C4D2

#48C4D2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.109 H 205.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C4D2
RGB	rgb(72, 196, 210)
HSL	hsl(186, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(186, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 6.7%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.22, -29.51, -17.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.22, 34.10, 210.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% -0.0982 -0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.109 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.0403, 45.5069, 67.9500)
Luminance	0.4551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C4D2 #D25648

analogous

#48D29B #48C4D2 #487FD2

triadic

#48C4D2 #D248C4 #C4D248

tetradic

#48C4D2 #9B48D2 #D25648 #7FD248

square

#48C4D2 #9B48D2 #D25648 #7FD248

split-complementary

#48C4D2 #D2487F #D29B48

monochromatic

#207680 #2CA4B1 #48C4D2 #79D4DE #AAE4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#48C4D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#48C4D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C4D2

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C4D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C4D2	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BCD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ADD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c4d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 196, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.109 205.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd6df',
    500: '#48c4d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c4d2;
$custom-light: #8cd6df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c4d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.087,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75783,
    "c": 0.10902,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C4D2

secondary

#D8A49E

accent

#5444E4

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C4D2

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

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