#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
RGBrgb(72, 200, 216)
HSLhsl(187, 65%, 56%)
HSVhsv(187, 67%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(66.7%, 7.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(74.60, -29.70, -18.25)
CIE-LCHlch(74.60, 34.86, 211.58°)
OKLaboklab(76.96% -0.0998 -0.0507)
OKLCHoklch(76.96% 0.112 206.9)
XYZxyz(35.7161, 47.6401, 72.2656)
Luminance0.4764 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##48C8D81.001.9910.5310.53
#FFFFFF1.991.0021.0021.00
#00000010.5321.001.001.00
##00000010.5321.001.001.00

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

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#48C8D8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva