#48C9DA#48C9DA

#48C9DA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.113 H 207.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48C9DA
RGBrgb(72, 201, 218)
HSLhsl(187, 66%, 57%)
HSVhsv(187, 67%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(67%, 7.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LABlab(74.96, -29.59, -18.79)
CIE-LCHlch(74.96, 35.06, 212.42°)
OKLaboklab(77.27% -0.1 -0.0522)
OKLCHoklch(77.27% 0.113 207.6)
XYZxyz(36.2086, 48.2089, 73.7130)
Luminance0.4821 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48C9DA #DA5948
analogous
#48DAA2 #48C9DA #4880DA
triadic
#48C9DA #DA48C9 #C9DA48
tetradic
#48C9DA #A248DA #DA5948 #80DA48
square
#48C9DA #A248DA #DA5948 #80DA48
split-complementary
#48C9DA #DA4880 #DAA248
monochromatic
#1C7E8B #26ADBE #48C9DA #7BD8E4 #AEE7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97
#48C9DA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64
#48C9DA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C9DA
10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48C9DA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48C9DA1.001.9710.6410.64
#FFFFFF1.971.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6421.001.001.00
##00000010.6421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B8C1DB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A3B2DA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D2CE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48c9da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 201, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.113 207.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd9e5',
    500: '#48c9da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48c9da;
$custom-light: #8dd9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48c9da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.986,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77267,
    "c": 0.11276,
    "h": 207.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48C9DA
secondary
#DDA8A1
accent
#523FE9
background
#F9FDFE
surface
#F2FAFC
border
#CCD3D5
text
#0E1415
muted
#7E8384

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#48C9DA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva