#48C8D3#48C8D3

#48C8D3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.111 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8D3
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 211)
HSL	hsl(185, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(185, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 5.2%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.44, -31.16, -15.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.44, 34.93, 206.88°)
OKLab	oklab(76.77% -0.1018 -0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(76.77% 0.111 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.0795, 47.3855, 68.9129)
Luminance	0.4739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8D3 #D35348

analogous

#48D398 #48C8D3 #4883D3

triadic

#48C8D3 #D348C8 #C8D348

tetradic

#48C8D3 #9848D3 #D35348 #83D348

square

#48C8D3 #9848D3 #D35348 #83D348

split-complementary

#48C8D3 #D34883 #D39848

monochromatic

#1F7A81 #2BA8B3 #48C8D3 #79D7DF #ABE6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#48C8D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#48C8D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8D3

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8D3	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C0D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B1D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.111 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd9e0',
    500: '#48c8d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8d3;
$custom-light: #8cd9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.748,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76771,
    "c": 0.11084,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8D3

secondary

#D8A39E

accent

#5043E4

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8D3

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

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