#48C4D6#48C4D6

#48C4D6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.110 H 208.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C4D6
RGB	rgb(72, 196, 214)
HSL	hsl(188, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(188, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 8.4%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.36, -28.33, -19.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.36, 34.14, 213.91°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% -0.0966 -0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.11 208.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5449, 45.7088, 70.6074)
Luminance	0.4571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C4D6 #D65A48

analogous

#48D6A1 #48C4D6 #487DD6

triadic

#48C4D6 #D648C4 #C4D648

tetradic

#48C4D6 #A148D6 #D65A48 #7DD648

square

#48C4D6 #A148D6 #D65A48 #7DD648

split-complementary

#48C4D6 #D6487D #D6A148

monochromatic

#1E7986 #29A6B8 #48C4D6 #7AD4E1 #ACE4EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#48C4D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#48C4D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C4D6

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C4D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C4D6	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BDD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAED6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c4d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 196, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.110 208.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd6e2',
    500: '#48c4d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c4d6;
$custom-light: #8cd6e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c4d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.606,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75933,
    "c": 0.1101,
    "h": 208.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C4D6

secondary

#DAA7A0

accent

#5641E6

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C4D6

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

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