#48C8D6#48C8D6

#48C8D6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.111 H 205.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8D6
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 214)
HSL	hsl(186, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(186, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 6.5%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.53, -30.28, -17.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.53, 34.86, 209.70°)
OKLab	oklab(76.88% -0.1006 -0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(76.88% 0.111 205.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.4591, 47.5373, 70.9121)
Luminance	0.4754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8D6 #D65648

analogous

#48D69D #48C8D6 #4881D6

triadic

#48C8D6 #D648C8 #C8D648

tetradic

#48C8D6 #9D48D6 #D65648 #81D648

square

#48C8D6 #9D48D6 #D65648 #81D648

split-complementary

#48C8D6 #D64881 #D69D48

monochromatic

#1E7B86 #29AAB8 #48C8D6 #7AD7E1 #ACE6EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#48C8D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#48C8D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8D6

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8D6	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C0D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B1D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.111 205.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd9e2',
    500: '#48c8d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8d6;
$custom-light: #8cd9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.915,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76881,
    "c": 0.11141,
    "h": 205.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8D6

secondary

#DAA5A0

accent

#5241E6

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8D6

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

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