#48C6D8#48C6D8

#48C6D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.111 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48C6D8
RGBrgb(72, 198, 216)
HSLhsl(188, 65%, 56%)
HSVhsv(188, 67%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(66.7%, 8.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(74.01, -28.72, -19.14)
CIE-LCHlch(74.01, 34.52, 213.68°)
OKLaboklab(76.48% -0.0978 -0.0532)
OKLCHoklch(76.48% 0.111 208.5)
XYZxyz(35.2560, 46.7198, 72.1122)
Luminance0.4672 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48C6D8 #D85A48
analogous
#48D8A2 #48C6D8 #487ED8
triadic
#48C6D8 #D848C6 #C6D848
tetradic
#48C6D8 #A248D8 #D85A48 #7ED848
square
#48C6D8 #A248D8 #D85A48 #7ED848
split-complementary
#48C6D8 #D8487E #D8A248
monochromatic
#1D7B89 #28A9BB #48C6D8 #7AD6E3 #ADE5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03
#48C6D8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34
#48C6D8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C6D8
10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48C6D8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48C6D81.002.0310.3410.34
#FFFFFF2.031.0021.0021.00
#00000010.3421.001.001.00
##00000010.3421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B5BFD9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A0AFD8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CFCB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48c6d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 198, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.111 208.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd7e4',
    500: '#48c6d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48c6d8;
$custom-light: #8cd7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48c6d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76482,
    "c": 0.11128,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48C6D8
secondary
#DBA8A0
accent
#5540E8
background
#F9FDFD
surface
#F2FAFB
border
#CCD3D4
text
#0D1415
muted
#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C6D8

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#48C6D8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva