#48C9D6#48C9D6

#48C9D6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.112 H 204.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C9D6
RGB	rgb(72, 201, 214)
HSL	hsl(185, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(185, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 6.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.83, -30.77, -16.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.83, 35.07, 208.68°)
OKLab	oklab(77.12% -0.1016 -0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(77.12% 0.112 204.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.6915, 48.0020, 70.9896)
Luminance	0.4801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C9D6 #D65548

analogous

#48D69C #48C9D6 #4882D6

triadic

#48C9D6 #D648C9 #C9D648

tetradic

#48C9D6 #9C48D6 #D65548 #82D648

square

#48C9D6 #9C48D6 #D65548 #82D648

split-complementary

#48C9D6 #D64882 #D69C48

monochromatic

#1E7C86 #29ABB8 #48C9D6 #7AD8E1 #ACE7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#48C9D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#48C9D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C9D6

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C9D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C9D6	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)

#B9C1D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B2D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c9d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 201, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.112 204.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdae2',
    500: '#48c9d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c9d6;
$custom-light: #8cdae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c9d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.493,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77118,
    "c": 0.1118,
    "h": 204.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C9D6

secondary

#DAA5A0

accent

#5041E6

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C9D6

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

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