#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
RGBrgb(72, 201, 217)
HSLhsl(187, 66%, 57%)
HSVhsv(187, 67%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(66.8%, 7.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(74.92, -29.89, -18.30)
CIE-LCHlch(74.92, 35.05, 211.48°)
OKLaboklab(77.23% -0.1004 -0.0508)
OKLCHoklch(77.23% 0.112 206.8)
XYZxyz(36.0781, 48.1567, 73.0260)
Luminance0.4816 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##48C9D91.001.9810.6310.63
#FFFFFF1.981.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6321.001.001.00
##00000010.6321.001.001.00

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

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#48C9D9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva