#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
RGBrgb(72, 197, 216)
HSLhsl(188, 65%, 56%)
HSVhsv(188, 67%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(66.7%, 8.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(73.72, -28.23, -19.59)
CIE-LCHlch(73.72, 34.36, 214.75°)
OKLaboklab(76.24% -0.0968 -0.0544)
OKLCHoklch(76.24% 0.111 209.3)
XYZxyz(35.0281, 46.2642, 72.0362)
Luminance0.4627 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##48C5D81.002.0510.2510.25
#FFFFFF2.051.0021.0021.00
#00000010.2521.001.001.00
##00000010.2521.001.001.00

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

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#48C5D8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva