#48C5D6#48C5D6

#48C5D6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.110 H 207.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C5D6
RGB	rgb(72, 197, 214)
HSL	hsl(187, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(187, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 7.9%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.65, -28.82, -18.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.65, 34.31, 212.84°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% -0.0976 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.11 207.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.7712, 46.1614, 70.6828)
Luminance	0.4617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C5D6 #D65948

analogous

#48D6A0 #48C5D6 #487ED6

triadic

#48C5D6 #D648C5 #C5D648

tetradic

#48C5D6 #A048D6 #D65948 #7ED648

square

#48C5D6 #A048D6 #D65948 #7ED648

split-complementary

#48C5D6 #D6487E #D6A048

monochromatic

#1E7986 #29A7B8 #48C5D6 #7AD5E1 #ACE5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#48C5D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#48C5D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C5D6

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C5D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C5D6	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BED7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0AED6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c5d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 197, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.110 207.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd7e2',
    500: '#48c5d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c5d6;
$custom-light: #8cd7e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c5d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.183,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7617,
    "c": 0.1104,
    "h": 207.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C5D6

secondary

#DAA7A0

accent

#5541E6

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C5D6

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

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