#48C9DD#48C9DD

#48C9DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.114 H 209.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C9DD
RGB	rgb(72, 201, 221)
HSL	hsl(188, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(188, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.06, -28.70, -20.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.06, 35.14, 215.22°)
OKLab	oklab(77.38% -0.0987 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(77.38% 0.114 209.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.6047, 48.3673, 75.7993)
Luminance	0.4837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C9DD #DD5C48

analogous

#48DDA7 #48C9DD #487EDD

triadic

#48C9DD #DD48C9 #C9DD48

tetradic

#48C9DD #A748DD #DD5C48 #7EDD48

square

#48C9DD #A748DD #DD5C48 #7EDD48

split-complementary

#48C9DD #DD487E #DDA748

monochromatic

#1B8090 #24AEC3 #48C9DD #7CD8E7 #AFE7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#48C9DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#48C9DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C9DD

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C9DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C9DD	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B2DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c9dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 201, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.114 209.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd9e7',
    500: '#48c9dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c9dd;
$custom-light: #8dd9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c9dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.054,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7738,
    "c": 0.11367,
    "h": 209.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C9DD

secondary

#DEAAA2

accent

#543CEC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C9DD

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

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