#48C9D9#48C9D9

#48C9D9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.112 H 206.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C9D9
RGB	rgb(72, 201, 217)
HSL	hsl(187, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(187, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 7.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.92, -29.89, -18.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.92, 35.05, 211.48°)
OKLab	oklab(77.23% -0.1004 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(77.23% 0.112 206.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.0781, 48.1567, 73.0260)
Luminance	0.4816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C9D9 #D95848

analogous

#48D9A1 #48C9D9 #4881D9

triadic

#48C9D9 #D948C9 #C9D948

tetradic

#48C9D9 #A148D9 #D95848 #81D948

square

#48C9D9 #A148D9 #D95848 #81D948

split-complementary

#48C9D9 #D94881 #D9A148

monochromatic

#1D7E8A #27ACBD #48C9D9 #7BD8E4 #ADE7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#48C9D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#48C9D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C9D9

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C9D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C9D9	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C1DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B2D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c9d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 201, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.112 206.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd9e4',
    500: '#48c9d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c9d9;
$custom-light: #8dd9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c9d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.621,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77229,
    "c": 0.11248,
    "h": 206.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C9D9

secondary

#DCA7A1

accent

#523FE9

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C9D9

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

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