#48C6D2#48C6D2

#48C6D2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.110 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C6D2
RGB	rgb(72, 198, 210)
HSL	hsl(185, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(185, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 5.7%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.81, -30.48, -16.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.81, 34.51, 207.97°)
OKLab	oklab(76.26% -0.1002 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(76.26% 0.11 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.4944, 46.4152, 68.1014)
Luminance	0.4642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C6D2 #D25448

analogous

#48D299 #48C6D2 #4881D2

triadic

#48C6D2 #D248C6 #C6D248

tetradic

#48C6D2 #9948D2 #D25448 #81D248

square

#48C6D2 #9948D2 #D25448 #81D248

split-complementary

#48C6D2 #D24881 #D29948

monochromatic

#207880 #2CA6B1 #48C6D2 #79D5DE #AAE5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#48C6D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#48C6D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C6D2

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C6D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C6D2	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BED3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2AFD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c6d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 198, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.110 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd7df',
    500: '#48c6d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c6d2;
$custom-light: #8cd7df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c6d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.217,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76259,
    "c": 0.10981,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C6D2

secondary

#D8A39E

accent

#5244E4

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C6D2

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

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