#48C7DD#48C7DD

#48C7DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.113 H 211.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C7DD
RGB	rgb(72, 199, 221)
HSL	hsl(189, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 10%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.47, -27.72, -21.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.47, 34.87, 217.34°)
OKLab	oklab(76.91% -0.0968 -0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(76.91% 0.113 211.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.1415, 47.4410, 75.6449)
Luminance	0.4744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C7DD #DD5E48

analogous

#48DDA9 #48C7DD #487DDD

triadic

#48C7DD #DD48C7 #C7DD48

tetradic

#48C7DD #A948DD #DD5E48 #7DDD48

square

#48C7DD #A948DD #DD5E48 #7DDD48

split-complementary

#48C7DD #DD487D #DDA948

monochromatic

#1B7F90 #24ACC3 #48C7DD #7CD7E7 #AFE7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#48C7DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#48C7DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C7DD

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C7DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C7DD	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C0DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c7dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 199, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.113 211.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd8e7',
    500: '#48c7dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c7dd;
$custom-light: #8dd8e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c7dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.859,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76909,
    "c": 0.11322,
    "h": 211.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C7DD

secondary

#DEABA2

accent

#563CEC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C7DD

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

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