#48C4D8#48C4D8

#48C4D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.111 H 210.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C4D8
RGB	rgb(72, 196, 216)
HSL	hsl(188, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(188, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 9.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.42, -27.74, -20.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.42, 34.22, 215.84°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% -0.0957 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.111 210.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.8018, 45.8116, 71.9608)
Luminance	0.4582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C4D8 #D85C48

analogous

#48D8A4 #48C4D8 #487CD8

triadic

#48C4D8 #D848C4 #C4D848

tetradic

#48C4D8 #A448D8 #D85C48 #7CD848

square

#48C4D8 #A448D8 #D85C48 #7CD848

split-complementary

#48C4D8 #D8487C #D8A448

monochromatic

#1D7A89 #28A7BB #48C4D8 #7AD4E3 #ADE5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#48C4D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#48C4D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C4D8

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C4D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C4D8	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BDD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c4d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 196, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.111 210.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd6e4',
    500: '#48c4d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c4d8;
$custom-light: #8cd6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c4d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.333,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76009,
    "c": 0.11075,
    "h": 210.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C4D8

secondary

#DBA9A0

accent

#5740E8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C4D8

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

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