#48C7DA#48C7DA

#48C7DA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.112 H 209.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C7DA
RGB	rgb(72, 199, 218)
HSL	hsl(188, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(188, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 8.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.37, -28.62, -19.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.37, 34.73, 214.52°)
OKLab	oklab(76.79% -0.098 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(76.79% 0.112 209.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7454, 47.2825, 73.5586)
Luminance	0.4729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C7DA #DA5B48

analogous

#48DAA4 #48C7DA #487EDA

triadic

#48C7DA #DA48C7 #C7DA48

tetradic

#48C7DA #A448DA #DA5B48 #7EDA48

square

#48C7DA #A448DA #DA5B48 #7EDA48

split-complementary

#48C7DA #DA487E #DAA448

monochromatic

#1C7D8B #26ABBE #48C7DA #7BD7E4 #AEE6EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#48C7DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#48C7DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C7DA

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C7DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C7DA	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C0DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B0DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c7da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 199, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.112 209.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd8e5',
    500: '#48c7da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c7da;
$custom-light: #8dd8e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c7da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.808,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76794,
    "c": 0.11218,
    "h": 209.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C7DA

secondary

#DDA9A1

accent

#553FE9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C7DA

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

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