#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
RGB	rgb(72, 197, 220)
HSL	hsl(189, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 10.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.85, -27.04, -21.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.85, 34.57, 218.56°)
OKLab	oklab(76.4% -0.0952 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.112 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.5516, 46.4735, 74.7929)
Luminance	0.4648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##48C5DC	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #48C5DC

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

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