#48C8D7#48C8D7

#48C8D7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.112 H 206.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8D7
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 215)
HSL	hsl(186, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(186, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 7%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.56, -29.99, -17.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.56, 34.86, 210.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% -0.1002 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.112 206.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.5872, 47.5886, 71.5868)
Luminance	0.4759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8D7 #D75748

analogous

#48D79F #48C8D7 #4881D7

triadic

#48C8D7 #D748C8 #C8D748

tetradic

#48C8D7 #9F48D7 #D75748 #81D748

square

#48C8D7 #9F48D7 #D75748 #81D748

split-complementary

#48C8D7 #D74881 #D79F48

monochromatic

#1E7C87 #29AAB9 #48C8D7 #7AD7E2 #ACE6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#48C8D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#48C8D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8D7

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8D7	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C0D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B1D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.112 206.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd9e3',
    500: '#48c8d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8d7;
$custom-light: #8cd9e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.294,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76918,
    "c": 0.11165,
    "h": 206.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8D7

secondary

#DBA6A0

accent

#5241E7

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8D7

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

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