#48C8DA#48C8DA

#48C8DA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.112 H 208.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8DA
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 218)
HSL	hsl(187, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(187, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 8.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.66, -29.11, -19.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.66, 34.89, 213.46°)
OKLab	oklab(77.03% -0.099 -0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(77.03% 0.112 208.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.9763, 47.7442, 73.6356)
Luminance	0.4775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8DA #DA5A48

analogous

#48DAA3 #48C8DA #487FDA

triadic

#48C8DA #DA48C8 #C8DA48

tetradic

#48C8DA #A348DA #DA5A48 #7FDA48

square

#48C8DA #A348DA #DA5A48 #7FDA48

split-complementary

#48C8DA #DA487F #DAA348

monochromatic

#1C7E8B #26ACBE #48C8DA #7BD7E4 #AEE7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#48C8DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#48C8DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8DA

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8DA	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C1DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B1DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.112 208.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd9e5',
    500: '#48c8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8da;
$custom-light: #8dd9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.397,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7703,
    "c": 0.11246,
    "h": 208.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8DA

secondary

#DDA8A1

accent

#543FE9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8DA

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

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