#48C9DE#48C9DE

#48C9DE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.114 H 210.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C9DE
RGB	rgb(72, 201, 222)
HSL	hsl(188, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(188, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 9.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.09, -28.41, -20.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.09, 35.18, 216.15°)
OKLab	oklab(77.42% -0.0984 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(77.42% 0.114 210.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.7384, 48.4208, 76.5030)
Luminance	0.4843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C9DE #DE5D48

analogous

#48DEA8 #48C9DE #487EDE

triadic

#48C9DE #DE48C9 #C9DE48

tetradic

#48C9DE #A848DE #DE5D48 #7EDE48

square

#48C9DE #A848DE #DE5D48 #7EDE48

split-complementary

#48C9DE #DE487E #DEA848

monochromatic

#1A8191 #24AFC5 #48C9DE #7CD8E7 #B0E8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#48C9DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#48C9DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C9DE

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C9DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C9DE	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B2DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c9de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 201, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.114 210.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd9e8',
    500: '#48c9de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c9de;
$custom-light: #8dd9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c9de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.4,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77418,
    "c": 0.11401,
    "h": 210.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C9DE

secondary

#DFABA3

accent

#543CEC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C9DE

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

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