#48C5DA#48C5DA

#48C5DA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.112 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48C5DA
RGBrgb(72, 197, 218)
HSLhsl(189, 66%, 57%)
HSVhsv(189, 67%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(67%, 9.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LABlab(73.78, -27.64, -20.57)
CIE-LCHlch(73.78, 34.45, 216.66°)
OKLaboklab(76.32% -0.096 -0.0572)
OKLCHoklch(76.32% 0.112 210.8)
XYZxyz(35.2883, 46.3682, 73.4063)
Luminance0.4637 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48C5DA #DA5D48
analogous
#48DAA6 #48C5DA #487CDA
triadic
#48C5DA #DA48C5 #C5DA48
tetradic
#48C5DA #A648DA #DA5D48 #7CDA48
square
#48C5DA #A648DA #DA5D48 #7CDA48
split-complementary
#48C5DA #DA487C #DAA648
monochromatic
#1C7B8B #26A8BE #48C5DA #7BD5E4 #AEE5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04
#48C5DA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27
#48C5DA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C5DA
10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48C5DA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48C5DA1.002.0410.2710.27
#FFFFFF2.041.0021.0021.00
#00000010.2721.001.001.00
##00000010.2721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B4BEDB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9FAFDA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CECB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48c5da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 197, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.112 210.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd7e5',
    500: '#48c5da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48c5da;
$custom-light: #8cd7e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48c5da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.63,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76322,
    "c": 0.11169,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48C5DA
secondary
#DDAAA1
accent
#573FE9
background
#F9FDFE
surface
#F2FAFC
border
#CCD3D5
text
#0E1415
muted
#7E8384

Preview Lab

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#48C5DA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva