#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
RGBrgb(72, 200, 213)
HSLhsl(186, 63%, 56%)
HSVhsv(186, 66%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(66.2%, 6.1%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(74.50, -30.57, -16.78)
CIE-LCHlch(74.50, 34.88, 208.76°)
OKLaboklab(76.84% -0.101 -0.0465)
OKLCHoklch(76.84% 0.111 204.7)
XYZxyz(35.3318, 47.4864, 70.2416)
Luminance0.4749 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##48C8D51.002.0010.5010.50
#FFFFFF2.001.0021.0021.00
#00000010.5021.001.001.00
##00000010.5021.001.001.00

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.

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →

#48C8D5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva