#48C8DE#48C8DE

#48C8DE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.114 H 211.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8DE
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 222)
HSL	hsl(189, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(189, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 9.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.80, -27.92, -21.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.80, 35.05, 217.21°)
OKLab	oklab(77.18% -0.0974 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(77.18% 0.114 211.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.5060, 47.9561, 76.4256)
Luminance	0.4796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8DE #DE5E48

analogous

#48DEA9 #48C8DE #487DDE

triadic

#48C8DE #DE48C8 #C8DE48

tetradic

#48C8DE #A948DE #DE5E48 #7DDE48

square

#48C8DE #A948DE #DE5E48 #7DDE48

split-complementary

#48C8DE #DE487D #DEA948

monochromatic

#1A8091 #24AEC5 #48C8DE #7CD8E7 #B0E7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#48C8DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#48C8DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8DE

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8DE	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C1DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B1DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.114 211.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd9e8',
    500: '#48c8de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8de;
$custom-light: #8dd9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.8,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77183,
    "c": 0.1138,
    "h": 211.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8DE

secondary

#DFACA3

accent

#553CEC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8DE

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

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