#48C7DF#48C7DF

#48C7DF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.114 H 212.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C7DF
RGB	rgb(72, 199, 223)
HSL	hsl(190, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(190, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 10.8%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.54, -27.12, -22.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.54, 35.01, 219.21°)
OKLab	oklab(76.99% -0.096 -0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(76.99% 0.114 212.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4096, 47.5482, 77.0566)
Luminance	0.4755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C7DF #DF6048

analogous

#48DFAB #48C7DF #487CDF

triadic

#48C7DF #DF48C7 #C7DF48

tetradic

#48C7DF #AB48DF #DF6048 #7CDF48

square

#48C7DF #AB48DF #DF6048 #7CDF48

split-complementary

#48C7DF #DF487C #DFAB48

monochromatic

#1A8093 #23ADC7 #48C7DF #7CD7E8 #B0E7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#48C7DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#48C7DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C7DF

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C7DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C7DF	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C0E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB1DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c7df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 199, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.114 212.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd8e9',
    500: '#48c7df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c7df;
$custom-light: #8dd8e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c7df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.536,
    "s": 70.233,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76986,
    "c": 0.11401,
    "h": 212.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C7DF

secondary

#E0ADA3

accent

#573BED

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C7DF

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

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