#48C8DF#48C8DF

#48C8DF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.114 H 211.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8DF
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 223)
HSL	hsl(189, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(189, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 10.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.83, -27.62, -21.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.83, 35.11, 218.14°)
OKLab	oklab(77.22% -0.097 -0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(77.22% 0.114 211.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.6404, 48.0099, 77.1335)
Luminance	0.4801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8DF #DF5F48

analogous

#48DFAA #48C8DF #487CDF

triadic

#48C8DF #DF48C8 #C8DF48

tetradic

#48C8DF #AA48DF #DF5F48 #7CDF48

square

#48C8DF #AA48DF #DF5F48 #7CDF48

split-complementary

#48C8DF #DF487C #DFAA48

monochromatic

#1A8093 #23AEC7 #48C8DF #7CD8E8 #B0E7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#48C8DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#48C8DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8DF

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8DF	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C1E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B1DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.114 211.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd9e9',
    500: '#48c8df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8df;
$custom-light: #8dd9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.139,
    "s": 70.233,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77221,
    "c": 0.11418,
    "h": 211.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8DF

secondary

#E0ACA3

accent

#563BED

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8DF

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

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