#48C6DB#48C6DB

#48C6DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.112 H 210.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C6DB
RGB	rgb(72, 198, 219)
HSL	hsl(189, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 9.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.11, -27.83, -20.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.11, 34.63, 216.53°)
OKLab	oklab(76.6% -0.0966 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(76.6% 0.112 210.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.6473, 46.8764, 74.1734)
Luminance	0.4688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C6DB #DB5D48

analogous

#48DBA6 #48C6DB #487DDB

triadic

#48C6DB #DB48C6 #C6DB48

tetradic

#48C6DB #A648DB #DB5D48 #7DDB48

square

#48C6DB #A648DB #DB5D48 #7DDB48

split-complementary

#48C6DB #DB487D #DBA648

monochromatic

#1C7D8D #26AAC0 #48C6DB #7BD6E5 #AEE6EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#48C6DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#48C6DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C6DB

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C6DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C6DB	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BFDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB0DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c6db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 198, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.112 210.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd7e6',
    500: '#48c6db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c6db;
$custom-light: #8dd7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c6db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76596,
    "c": 0.11228,
    "h": 210.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C6DB

secondary

#DDAAA2

accent

#563EEA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C6DB

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

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