#48C9DC#48C9DC

#48C9DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.113 H 209.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48C9DC
RGBrgb(72, 201, 220)
HSLhsl(188, 68%, 57%)
HSVhsv(188, 67%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(67.3%, 8.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LABlab(75.02, -29.00, -19.77)
CIE-LCHlch(75.02, 35.10, 214.28°)
OKLaboklab(77.34% -0.0991 -0.0549)
OKLCHoklch(77.34% 0.113 209)
XYZxyz(36.4719, 48.3142, 75.0997)
Luminance0.4832 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48C9DC #DC5B48
analogous
#48DCA5 #48C9DC #487FDC
triadic
#48C9DC #DC48C9 #C9DC48
tetradic
#48C9DC #A548DC #DC5B48 #7FDC48
square
#48C9DC #A548DC #DC5B48 #7FDC48
split-complementary
#48C9DC #DC487F #DCA548
monochromatic
#1B808E #25AEC2 #48C9DC #7BD8E6 #AFE7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97
#48C9DC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66
#48C9DC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C9DC
10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48C9DC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48C9DC1.001.9710.6610.66
#FFFFFF1.971.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6621.001.001.00
##00000010.6621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B8C2DD
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A2B2DC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D2CF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48c9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 201, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.113 209.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd9e6',
    500: '#48c9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48c9dc;
$custom-light: #8dd9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48c9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.703,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77342,
    "c": 0.11334,
    "h": 209
  },
  "luminance": 0.48318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48C9DC
secondary
#DEAAA2
accent
#533DEB
background
#F9FDFE
surface
#F2FAFC
border
#CCD3D5
text
#0E1416
muted
#7E8384

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#48C9DC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva