#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
RGB	rgb(72, 201, 220)
HSL	hsl(188, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(188, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 8.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.02, -29.00, -19.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.02, 35.10, 214.28°)
OKLab	oklab(77.34% -0.0991 -0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(77.34% 0.113 209)
XYZ	xyz(36.4719, 48.3142, 75.0997)
Luminance	0.4832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##48C9DC	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C9DC

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

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