#48C8D1#48C8D1

#48C8D1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.111 H 201.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8D1
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 209)
HSL	hsl(184, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 4.3%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.37, -31.73, -14.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.37, 35.02, 205.01°)
OKLab	oklab(76.7% -0.1026 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(76.7% 0.111 201.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8304, 47.2858, 67.6007)
Luminance	0.4729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8D1 #D15148

analogous

#48D196 #48C8D1 #4883D1

triadic

#48C8D1 #D148C8 #C8D148

tetradic

#48C8D1 #9648D1 #D15148 #83D148

square

#48C8D1 #9648D1 #D15148 #83D148

split-complementary

#48C8D1 #D14883 #D19648

monochromatic

#20797F #2CA7B0 #48C8D1 #79D7DD #AAE5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#48C8D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#48C8D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8D1

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8D1	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)

#B9C0D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B0D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.111 201.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd9df',
    500: '#48c8d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8d1;
$custom-light: #8cd9df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.942,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76699,
    "c": 0.11055,
    "h": 201.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8D1

secondary

#D7A19E

accent

#4F45E3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8D1

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

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