#48C7D6#48C7D6

#48C7D6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.111 H 206.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C7D6
RGB	rgb(72, 199, 214)
HSL	hsl(186, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(186, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 7%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.24, -29.80, -17.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.24, 34.67, 210.73°)
OKLab	oklab(76.64% -0.0996 -0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(76.64% 0.111 206.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.2283, 47.0757, 70.8352)
Luminance	0.4708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C7D6 #D65748

analogous

#48D69E #48C7D6 #4880D6

triadic

#48C7D6 #D648C7 #C7D648

tetradic

#48C7D6 #9E48D6 #D65748 #80D648

square

#48C7D6 #9E48D6 #D65748 #80D648

split-complementary

#48C7D6 #D64880 #D69E48

monochromatic

#1E7B86 #29A9B8 #48C7D6 #7AD6E1 #ACE6EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#48C7D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#48C7D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C7D6

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C7D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C7D6	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BFD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B0D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c7d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 199, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.111 206.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd8e2',
    500: '#48c7d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c7d6;
$custom-light: #8cd8e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c7d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.338,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76644,
    "c": 0.11105,
    "h": 206.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C7D6

secondary

#DAA6A0

accent

#5341E6

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C7D6

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

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