#48C8DC#48C8DC

#48C8DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.113 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8DC
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 220)
HSL	hsl(188, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(188, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 9.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.73, -28.51, -20.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.73, 34.95, 215.34°)
OKLab	oklab(77.11% -0.0981 -0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(77.11% 0.113 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.2395, 47.8495, 75.0222)
Luminance	0.4785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8DC #DC5C48

analogous

#48DCA6 #48C8DC #487EDC

triadic

#48C8DC #DC48C8 #C8DC48

tetradic

#48C8DC #A648DC #DC5C48 #7EDC48

square

#48C8DC #A648DC #DC5C48 #7EDC48

split-complementary

#48C8DC #DC487E #DCA648

monochromatic

#1B7F8E #25ADC2 #48C8DC #7BD7E6 #AFE7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#48C8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#48C8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8DC

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8DC	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C1DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B1DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.113 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd9e6',
    500: '#48c8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8dc;
$custom-light: #8dd9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.108,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77106,
    "c": 0.11309,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8DC

secondary

#DEAAA2

accent

#553DEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8DC

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

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