#48C8D9#48C8D9

#48C8D9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.112 H 207.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8D9
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 217)
HSL	hsl(187, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(187, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 7.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.63, -29.40, -18.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.63, 34.87, 212.52°)
OKLab	oklab(76.99% -0.0994 -0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(76.99% 0.112 207.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.8458, 47.6920, 72.9485)
Luminance	0.4770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8D9 #D95948

analogous

#48D9A1 #48C8D9 #4880D9

triadic

#48C8D9 #D948C8 #C8D948

tetradic

#48C8D9 #A148D9 #D95948 #80D948

square

#48C8D9 #A148D9 #D95948 #80D948

split-complementary

#48C8D9 #D94880 #D9A148

monochromatic

#1D7D8A #27ABBD #48C8D9 #7BD7E4 #ADE6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#48C8D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#48C8D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8D9

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8D9	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C1DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B1D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.112 207.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd9e4',
    500: '#48c8d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8d9;
$custom-light: #8dd9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.034,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76993,
    "c": 0.11216,
    "h": 207.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8D9

secondary

#DCA8A1

accent

#533FE9

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8D9

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

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