#48C5DC#48C5DC

#48C5DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.112 H 212.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48C5DC
RGBrgb(72, 197, 220)
HSLhsl(189, 68%, 57%)
HSVhsv(189, 67%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(67.3%, 10.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LABlab(73.85, -27.04, -21.55)
CIE-LCHlch(73.85, 34.57, 218.56°)
OKLaboklab(76.4% -0.0952 -0.0599)
OKLCHoklch(76.4% 0.112 212.2)
XYZxyz(35.5516, 46.4735, 74.7929)
Luminance0.4648 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48C5DC #DC5F48
analogous
#48DCA9 #48C5DC #487BDC
triadic
#48C5DC #DC48C5 #C5DC48
tetradic
#48C5DC #A948DC #DC5F48 #7BDC48
square
#48C5DC #A948DC #DC5F48 #7BDC48
split-complementary
#48C5DC #DC487B #DCA948
monochromatic
#1B7C8E #25A9C2 #48C5DC #7BD5E6 #AFE6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04
#48C5DC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30
#48C5DC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C5DC
10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48C5DC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48C5DC1.002.0410.3010.30
#FFFFFF2.041.0021.0021.00
#00000010.3021.001.001.00
##00000010.3021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B3BEDD
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9EAFDC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CECC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48c5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 197, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.112 212.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd7e6',
    500: '#48c5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48c5dc;
$custom-light: #8dd7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48c5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.324,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76399,
    "c": 0.11245,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48C5DC
secondary
#DEABA2
accent
#583DEB
background
#F9FDFE
surface
#F2FAFC
border
#CCD3D5
text
#0E1416
muted
#7E8384

Preview Lab

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#48C5DC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva