#48C5D2#48C5D2

#48C5D2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.109 H 204.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C5D2
RGB	rgb(72, 197, 210)
HSL	hsl(186, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(186, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 6.2%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.52, -30.00, -16.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.52, 34.30, 209.01°)
OKLab	oklab(76.02% -0.0992 -0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(76.02% 0.109 204.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.2666, 45.9596, 68.0254)
Luminance	0.4596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C5D2 #D25548

analogous

#48D29A #48C5D2 #4880D2

triadic

#48C5D2 #D248C5 #C5D248

tetradic

#48C5D2 #9A48D2 #D25548 #80D248

square

#48C5D2 #9A48D2 #D25548 #80D248

split-complementary

#48C5D2 #D24880 #D29A48

monochromatic

#207780 #2CA5B1 #48C5D2 #79D5DE #AAE4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#48C5D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#48C5D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C5D2

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C5D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C5D2	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)

#B6BDD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1AED2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c5d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 197, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.109 204.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd7df',
    500: '#48c5d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c5d2;
$custom-light: #8cd7df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c5d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.652,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76021,
    "c": 0.1094,
    "h": 204.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C5D2

secondary

#D8A39E

accent

#5344E4

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C5D2

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

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