#48C6DA#48C6DA

#48C6DA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.112 H 210.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C6DA
RGB	rgb(72, 198, 218)
HSL	hsl(188, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(188, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 9.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.08, -28.13, -20.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.08, 34.59, 215.58°)
OKLab	oklab(76.56% -0.097 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(76.56% 0.112 210)
XYZ	xyz(35.5161, 46.8239, 73.4822)
Luminance	0.4683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C6DA #DA5C48

analogous

#48DAA5 #48C6DA #487DDA

triadic

#48C6DA #DA48C6 #C6DA48

tetradic

#48C6DA #A548DA #DA5C48 #7DDA48

square

#48C6DA #A548DA #DA5C48 #7DDA48

split-complementary

#48C6DA #DA487D #DAA548

monochromatic

#1C7C8B #26AABE #48C6DA #7BD6E4 #AEE6EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#48C6DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#48C6DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C6DA

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C6DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C6DA	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BFDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0AFDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c6da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 198, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.112 210.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd7e5',
    500: '#48c6da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c6da;
$custom-light: #8dd7e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c6da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.219,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76558,
    "c": 0.11192,
    "h": 210
  },
  "luminance": 0.46828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C6DA

secondary

#DDA9A1

accent

#563FE9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C6DA

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

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