#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
RGBrgb(72, 196, 215)
HSLhsl(188, 64%, 56%)
HSVhsv(188, 67%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(66.5%, 8.8%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LABlab(73.39, -28.04, -19.54)
CIE-LCHlch(73.39, 34.18, 214.88°)
OKLaboklab(75.97% -0.0962 -0.0543)
OKLCHoklch(75.97% 0.11 209.4)
XYZxyz(34.6730, 45.7600, 71.2820)
Luminance0.4576 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##48C4D71.002.0710.1510.15
#FFFFFF2.071.0021.0021.00
#00000010.1521.001.001.00
##00000010.1521.001.001.00

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

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#48C4D7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva