#48C7DB#48C7DB

#48C7DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.113 H 209.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C7DB
RGB	rgb(72, 199, 219)
HSL	hsl(188, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(188, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 9.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.40, -28.32, -20.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.40, 34.77, 215.46°)
OKLab	oklab(76.83% -0.0976 -0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(76.83% 0.113 209.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.8767, 47.3350, 74.2499)
Luminance	0.4734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C7DB #DB5C48

analogous

#48DBA5 #48C7DB #487EDB

triadic

#48C7DB #DB48C7 #C7DB48

tetradic

#48C7DB #A548DB #DB5C48 #7EDB48

square

#48C7DB #A548DB #DB5C48 #7EDB48

split-complementary

#48C7DB #DB487E #DBA548

monochromatic

#1C7D8D #26ABC0 #48C7DB #7BD7E5 #AEE6EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#48C7DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#48C7DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C7DB

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C7DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C7DB	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C0DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B0DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c7db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 199, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.113 209.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd8e6',
    500: '#48c7db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c7db;
$custom-light: #8dd8e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c7db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.163,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76832,
    "c": 0.11251,
    "h": 209.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C7DB

secondary

#DDAAA2

accent

#553EEA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C7DB

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

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