#48C4D7#48C4D7

#48C4D7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.110 H 209.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C4D7
RGB	rgb(72, 196, 215)
HSL	hsl(188, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(188, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 8.8%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.39, -28.04, -19.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.39, 34.18, 214.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.97% -0.0962 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(75.97% 0.11 209.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.6730, 45.7600, 71.2820)
Luminance	0.4576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C4D7 #D75B48

analogous

#48D7A3 #48C4D7 #487DD7

triadic

#48C4D7 #D748C4 #C4D748

tetradic

#48C4D7 #A348D7 #D75B48 #7DD748

square

#48C4D7 #A348D7 #D75B48 #7DD748

split-complementary

#48C4D7 #D7487D #D7A348

monochromatic

#1E7987 #29A6B9 #48C4D7 #7AD4E2 #ACE4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#48C4D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#48C4D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C4D7

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C4D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C4D7	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BDD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAED7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c4d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 196, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.110 209.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd6e3',
    500: '#48c4d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c4d7;
$custom-light: #8cd6e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c4d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.972,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75971,
    "c": 0.11042,
    "h": 209.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C4D7

secondary

#DBA8A0

accent

#5741E7

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C4D7

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

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