#48C9DF#48C9DF

#48C9DF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.114 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C9DF
RGB	rgb(72, 201, 223)
HSL	hsl(189, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(189, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 9.9%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.12, -28.11, -21.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.12, 35.23, 217.07°)
OKLab	oklab(77.46% -0.0979 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(77.46% 0.114 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.8728, 48.4746, 77.2110)
Luminance	0.4848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C9DF #DF5E48

analogous

#48DFAA #48C9DF #487DDF

triadic

#48C9DF #DF48C9 #C9DF48

tetradic

#48C9DF #AA48DF #DF5E48 #7DDF48

square

#48C9DF #AA48DF #DF5E48 #7DDF48

split-complementary

#48C9DF #DF487D #DFAA48

monochromatic

#1A8193 #23AFC7 #48C9DF #7CD8E8 #B0E8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#48C9DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#48C9DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C9DF

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C9DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C9DF	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C2E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B2DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c9df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 201, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.114 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd9e9',
    500: '#48c9df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c9df;
$custom-light: #8dd9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c9df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.742,
    "s": 70.233,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77457,
    "c": 0.11437,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C9DF

secondary

#E0ACA3

accent

#553BED

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C9DF

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

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