#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
RGB	rgb(72, 201, 218)
HSL	hsl(187, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(187, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 7.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.96, -29.59, -18.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.96, 35.06, 212.42°)
OKLab	oklab(77.27% -0.1 -0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(77.27% 0.113 207.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.2086, 48.2089, 73.7130)
Luminance	0.4821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##48C9DA	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C9DA

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

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