#48C6DC#48C6DC

#48C6DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.113 H 211.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C6DC
RGB	rgb(72, 198, 220)
HSL	hsl(189, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 10%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.14, -27.53, -21.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.14, 34.69, 217.47°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% -0.0962 -0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.113 211.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.7794, 46.9292, 74.8688)
Luminance	0.4693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C6DC #DC5E48

analogous

#48DCA8 #48C6DC #487CDC

triadic

#48C6DC #DC48C6 #C6DC48

tetradic

#48C6DC #A848DC #DC5E48 #7CDC48

square

#48C6DC #A848DC #DC5E48 #7CDC48

split-complementary

#48C6DC #DC487C #DCA848

monochromatic

#1B7D8E #25AAC2 #48C6DC #7BD6E6 #AFE6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#48C6DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#48C6DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C6DC

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C6DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C6DC	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BFDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c6dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 198, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.113 211.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd7e6',
    500: '#48c6dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c6dc;
$custom-light: #8dd7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c6dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.919,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76635,
    "c": 0.11265,
    "h": 211.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C6DC

secondary

#DEABA2

accent

#573DEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C6DC

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

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