#48C5D8#48C5D8

#48C5D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.111 H 209.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C5D8
RGB	rgb(72, 197, 216)
HSL	hsl(188, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(188, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 8.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.72, -28.23, -19.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.72, 34.36, 214.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.24% -0.0968 -0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(76.24% 0.111 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.0281, 46.2642, 72.0362)
Luminance	0.4627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C5D8 #D85B48

analogous

#48D8A3 #48C5D8 #487DD8

triadic

#48C5D8 #D848C5 #C5D848

tetradic

#48C5D8 #A348D8 #D85B48 #7DD848

square

#48C5D8 #A348D8 #D85B48 #7DD848

split-complementary

#48C5D8 #D8487D #D8A348

monochromatic

#1D7A89 #28A8BB #48C5D8 #7AD5E3 #ADE5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#48C5D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#48C5D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C5D8

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C5D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C5D8	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BED9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAFD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c5d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 197, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.111 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd7e4',
    500: '#48c5d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c5d8;
$custom-light: #8cd7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c5d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.917,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76245,
    "c": 0.111,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C5D8

secondary

#DBA8A0

accent

#5640E8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C5D8

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →