#48C8D8#48C8D8

#48C8D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.112 H 206.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8D8
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 216)
HSL	hsl(187, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(187, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 7.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.60, -29.70, -18.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.60, 34.86, 211.58°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% -0.0998 -0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.112 206.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.7161, 47.6401, 72.2656)
Luminance	0.4764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8D8 #D85848

analogous

#48D8A0 #48C8D8 #4880D8

triadic

#48C8D8 #D848C8 #C8D848

tetradic

#48C8D8 #A048D8 #D85848 #80D848

square

#48C8D8 #A048D8 #D85848 #80D848

split-complementary

#48C8D8 #D84880 #D8A048

monochromatic

#1D7D89 #28ABBB #48C8D8 #7AD7E3 #ADE6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#48C8D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#48C8D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8D8

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8D8	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C0D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B1D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.112 206.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd9e4',
    500: '#48c8d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8d8;
$custom-light: #8dd9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76955,
    "c": 0.1119,
    "h": 206.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8D8

secondary

#DBA7A0

accent

#5340E8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8D8

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

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