#48C4DB#48C4DB

#48C4DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.112 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C4DB
RGB	rgb(72, 196, 219)
HSL	hsl(189, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 10.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.52, -26.84, -21.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.52, 34.39, 218.70°)
OKLab	oklab(76.12% -0.0946 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(76.12% 0.112 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.1932, 45.9681, 74.0221)
Luminance	0.4597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C4DB #DB5F48

analogous

#48DBA9 #48C4DB #487BDB

triadic

#48C4DB #DB48C4 #C4DB48

tetradic

#48C4DB #A948DB #DB5F48 #7BDB48

square

#48C4DB #A948DB #DB5F48 #7BDB48

split-complementary

#48C4DB #DB487B #DBA948

monochromatic

#1C7B8D #26A8C0 #48C4DB #7BD4E5 #AEE5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#48C4DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#48C4DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C4DB

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C4DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C4DB	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BDDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAEDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c4db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 196, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.112 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd6e6',
    500: '#48c4db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c4db;
$custom-light: #8dd6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c4db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.388,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76124,
    "c": 0.11188,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C4DB

secondary

#DDABA2

accent

#593EEA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C4DB

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

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