#48C7D4#48C7D4

#48C7D4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.111 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C7D4
RGB	rgb(72, 199, 212)
HSL	hsl(186, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(186, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 6.1%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.17, -30.38, -16.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.17, 34.68, 208.84°)
OKLab	oklab(76.57% -0.1004 -0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(76.57% 0.111 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.9745, 46.9741, 69.4983)
Luminance	0.4698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C7D4 #D45548

analogous

#48D49B #48C7D4 #4881D4

triadic

#48C7D4 #D448C7 #C7D448

tetradic

#48C7D4 #9B48D4 #D45548 #81D448

square

#48C7D4 #9B48D4 #D45548 #81D448

split-complementary

#48C7D4 #D44881 #D49B48

monochromatic

#1F7A83 #2AA8B4 #48C7D4 #7AD6E0 #ABE5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#48C7D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#48C7D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C7D4

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C7D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C7D4	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BFD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B0D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c7d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 199, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.111 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd8e1',
    500: '#48c7d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c7d4;
$custom-light: #8cd8e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c7d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.571,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7657,
    "c": 0.11061,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C7D4

secondary

#D9A49F

accent

#5243E5

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C7D4

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

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