#48C8D5#48C8D5

#48C8D5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.111 H 204.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8D5
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 213)
HSL	hsl(186, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(186, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 6.1%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.50, -30.57, -16.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.50, 34.88, 208.76°)
OKLab	oklab(76.84% -0.101 -0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(76.84% 0.111 204.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.3318, 47.4864, 70.2416)
Luminance	0.4749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8D5 #D55548

analogous

#48D59B #48C8D5 #4881D5

triadic

#48C8D5 #D548C8 #C8D548

tetradic

#48C8D5 #9B48D5 #D55548 #81D548

square

#48C8D5 #9B48D5 #D55548 #81D548

split-complementary

#48C8D5 #D54881 #D59B48

monochromatic

#1E7B84 #2AA9B6 #48C8D5 #7AD7E0 #ACE6EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#48C8D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#48C8D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8D5

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8D5	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C0D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B1D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.111 204.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd9e1',
    500: '#48c8d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8d5;
$custom-light: #8cd9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.532,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76844,
    "c": 0.1112,
    "h": 204.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8D5

secondary

#DAA59F

accent

#5142E6

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8D5

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

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