#48CAD8#48CAD8

#48CAD8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.113 H 205.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CAD8
RGB	rgb(72, 202, 216)
HSL	hsl(186, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(186, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 6.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.18, -30.66, -17.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.18, 35.24, 209.52°)
OKLab	oklab(77.43% -0.1018 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(77.43% 0.113 205.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.1823, 48.5726, 72.4210)
Luminance	0.4858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CAD8 #D85648

analogous

#48D89E #48CAD8 #4882D8

triadic

#48CAD8 #D848CA #CAD848

tetradic

#48CAD8 #9E48D8 #D85648 #82D848

square

#48CAD8 #9E48D8 #D85648 #82D848

split-complementary

#48CAD8 #D84882 #D89E48

monochromatic

#1D7E89 #28ADBB #48CAD8 #7AD9E3 #ADE7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#48CAD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#48CAD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CAD8

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CAD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CAD8	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC2D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B2D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 202, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.113 205.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddae4',
    500: '#48cad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cad8;
$custom-light: #8ddae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.833,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77429,
    "c": 0.1126,
    "h": 205.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CAD8

secondary

#DBA6A0

accent

#5040E8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CAD8

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

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