#48C9D8#48C9D8

#48C9D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.112 H 206.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48C9D8
RGBrgb(72, 201, 216)
HSLhsl(186, 65%, 56%)
HSVhsv(186, 67%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(66.7%, 6.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(74.89, -30.18, -17.81)
CIE-LCHlch(74.89, 35.04, 210.55°)
OKLaboklab(77.19% -0.1008 -0.0494)
OKLCHoklch(77.19% 0.112 206.1)
XYZxyz(35.9485, 48.1048, 72.3430)
Luminance0.4811 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48C9D8 #D85748
analogous
#48D89F #48C9D8 #4881D8
triadic
#48C9D8 #D848C9 #C9D848
tetradic
#48C9D8 #9F48D8 #D85748 #81D848
square
#48C9D8 #9F48D8 #D85748 #81D848
split-complementary
#48C9D8 #D84881 #D89F48
monochromatic
#1D7D89 #28ACBB #48C9D8 #7AD8E3 #ADE7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98
#48C9D8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62
#48C9D8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C9D8
10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48C9D8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48C9D81.001.9810.6210.62
#FFFFFF1.981.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6221.001.001.00
##00000010.6221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B9C1D9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A4B2D8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D1CD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48c9d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 201, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.112 206.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd9e4',
    500: '#48c9d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48c9d8;
$custom-light: #8dd9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48c9d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.25,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77192,
    "c": 0.11224,
    "h": 206.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48C9D8
secondary
#DBA7A0
accent
#5140E8
background
#F9FDFD
surface
#F2FAFB
border
#CCD3D4
text
#0E1515
muted
#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C9D8

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#48C9D8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva