#48C8D2#48C8D2

#48C8D2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.111 H 202.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8D2
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 210)
HSL	hsl(184, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 4.8%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.40, -31.44, -15.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.40, 34.97, 205.94°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% -0.1022 -0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.111 202.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.9546, 47.3355, 68.2548)
Luminance	0.4734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8D2 #D25248

analogous

#48D297 #48C8D2 #4883D2

triadic

#48C8D2 #D248C8 #C8D248

tetradic

#48C8D2 #9748D2 #D25248 #83D248

square

#48C8D2 #9748D2 #D25248 #83D248

split-complementary

#48C8D2 #D24883 #D29748

monochromatic

#207980 #2CA8B1 #48C8D2 #79D7DE #AAE6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#48C8D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#48C8D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8D2

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8D2	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)

#B9C0D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B1D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.111 202.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd9df',
    500: '#48c8d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8d2;
$custom-light: #8cd9df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.348,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76735,
    "c": 0.11068,
    "h": 202.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8D2

secondary

#D8A29E

accent

#5044E4

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8D2

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →