#48C8D0#48C8D0

#48C8D0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.110 H 201.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8D0
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 208)
HSL	hsl(184, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 3.8%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.34, -32.02, -14.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.34, 35.07, 204.08°)
OKLab	oklab(76.66% -0.1031 -0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(76.66% 0.11 201.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.7070, 47.2365, 66.9507)
Luminance	0.4724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8D0 #D05048

analogous

#48D094 #48C8D0 #4884D0

triadic

#48C8D0 #D048C8 #C8D048

tetradic

#48C8D0 #9448D0 #D05048 #84D048

square

#48C8D0 #9448D0 #D05048 #84D048

split-complementary

#48C8D0 #D04884 #D09448

monochromatic

#20787D #2DA6AE #48C8D0 #79D7DD #A9E5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#48C8D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#48C8D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8D0

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8D0	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC0D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B0D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.110 201.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd9de',
    500: '#48c8d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8d0;
$custom-light: #8cd9de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.529,
    "s": 59.13,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76663,
    "c": 0.11044,
    "h": 201.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8D0

secondary

#D7A19D

accent

#4F45E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8D0

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

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