#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
RGB	rgb(72, 198, 216)
HSL	hsl(188, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(188, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 8.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.01, -28.72, -19.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.01, 34.52, 213.68°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% -0.0978 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.111 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.2560, 46.7198, 72.1122)
Luminance	0.4672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##48C6D8	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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