#48C8DB#48C8DB

#48C8DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.113 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8DB
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 219)
HSL	hsl(188, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(188, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 8.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.70, -28.81, -19.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.70, 34.92, 214.40°)
OKLab	oklab(77.07% -0.0985 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(77.07% 0.113 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1075, 47.7967, 74.3268)
Luminance	0.4780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8DB #DB5B48

analogous

#48DBA5 #48C8DB #487FDB

triadic

#48C8DB #DB48C8 #C8DB48

tetradic

#48C8DB #A548DB #DB5B48 #7FDB48

square

#48C8DB #A548DB #DB5B48 #7FDB48

split-complementary

#48C8DB #DB487F #DBA548

monochromatic

#1C7E8D #26ACC0 #48C8DB #7BD7E5 #AEE7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#48C8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#48C8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8DB

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8DB	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B1DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.113 209.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd9e6',
    500: '#48c8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8db;
$custom-light: #8dd9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.755,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77068,
    "c": 0.11276,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8DB

secondary

#DDA9A2

accent

#543EEA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8DB

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

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