#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
RGB	rgb(72, 197, 218)
HSL	hsl(189, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 9.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.78, -27.64, -20.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.78, 34.45, 216.66°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% -0.096 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.112 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.2883, 46.3682, 73.4063)
Luminance	0.4637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##48C5DA	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #48C5DA

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

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