#48C9D4#48C9D4

#48C9D4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.111 H 203.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C9D4
RGB	rgb(72, 201, 212)
HSL	hsl(185, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(185, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 5.2%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.76, -31.35, -15.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.76, 35.12, 206.81°)
OKLab	oklab(77.05% -0.1024 -0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(77.05% 0.111 203.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.4377, 47.9005, 69.6527)
Luminance	0.4790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C9D4 #D45348

analogous

#48D499 #48C9D4 #4883D4

triadic

#48C9D4 #D448C9 #C9D448

tetradic

#48C9D4 #9948D4 #D45348 #83D448

square

#48C9D4 #9948D4 #D45348 #83D448

split-complementary

#48C9D4 #D44883 #D49948

monochromatic

#1F7B83 #2AAAB4 #48C9D4 #7AD8E0 #ABE6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#48C9D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#48C9D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C9D4

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C9D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C9D4	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC1D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B1D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c9d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 201, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.111 203.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdae1',
    500: '#48c9d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c9d4;
$custom-light: #8cdae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c9d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.714,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77045,
    "c": 0.11143,
    "h": 203.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C9D4

secondary

#D9A39F

accent

#5043E5

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C9D4

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

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