#48C8D4#48C8D4

#48C8D4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.111 H 204.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8D4
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 212)
HSL	hsl(185, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(185, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 5.7%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.47, -30.87, -16.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.47, 34.90, 207.82°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% -0.1014 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.111 204)
XYZ	xyz(35.2053, 47.4358, 69.5752)
Luminance	0.4744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8D4 #D45448

analogous

#48D49A #48C8D4 #4882D4

triadic

#48C8D4 #D448C8 #C8D448

tetradic

#48C8D4 #9A48D4 #D45448 #82D448

square

#48C8D4 #9A48D4 #D45448 #82D448

split-complementary

#48C8D4 #D44882 #D49A48

monochromatic

#1F7A83 #2AA9B4 #48C8D4 #7AD7E0 #ABE6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#48C8D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#48C8D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8D4

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8D4	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C0D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B1D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.111 204.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd9e1',
    500: '#48c8d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8d4;
$custom-light: #8cd9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.143,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76808,
    "c": 0.11101,
    "h": 204
  },
  "luminance": 0.4744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8D4

secondary

#D9A49F

accent

#5143E5

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8D4

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

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