#48C4DA#48C4DA

#48C4DA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.111 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C4DA
RGB	rgb(72, 196, 218)
HSL	hsl(189, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 10.1%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.49, -27.14, -21.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.49, 34.33, 217.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.09% -0.095 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(76.09% 0.111 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.0620, 45.9156, 73.3308)
Luminance	0.4592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C4DA #DA5E48

analogous

#48DAA7 #48C4DA #487BDA

triadic

#48C4DA #DA48C4 #C4DA48

tetradic

#48C4DA #A748DA #DA5E48 #7BDA48

square

#48C4DA #A748DA #DA5E48 #7BDA48

split-complementary

#48C4DA #DA487B #DAA748

monochromatic

#1C7B8B #26A7BE #48C4DA #7BD4E4 #AEE5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#48C4DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#48C4DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C4DA

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C4DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C4DA	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BDDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAEDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c4da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 196, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.111 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd6e5',
    500: '#48c4da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c4da;
$custom-light: #8cd6e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c4da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.041,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76086,
    "c": 0.11148,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C4DA

secondary

#DDAAA1

accent

#583FE9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C4DA

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

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