#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
RGB	rgb(72, 201, 216)
HSL	hsl(186, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(186, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 6.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.89, -30.18, -17.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.89, 35.04, 210.55°)
OKLab	oklab(77.19% -0.1008 -0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(77.19% 0.112 206.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.9485, 48.1048, 72.3430)
Luminance	0.4811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##48C9D8	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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