#48CBD4#48CBD4

#48CBD4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.112 H 201.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48CBD4
RGBrgb(72, 203, 212)
HSLhsl(184, 62%, 56%)
HSVhsv(184, 66%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(66%, 4.2%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LABlab(75.35, -32.30, -14.96)
CIE-LCHlch(75.35, 35.60, 204.84°)
OKLaboklab(77.52% -0.1044 -0.0415)
OKLCHoklch(77.52% 0.112 201.7)
XYZxyz(35.9069, 48.8390, 69.8091)
Luminance0.4884 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48CBD4 #D45148
analogous
#48D497 #48CBD4 #4885D4
triadic
#48CBD4 #D448CB #CBD448
tetradic
#48CBD4 #9748D4 #D45148 #85D448
square
#48CBD4 #9748D4 #D45148 #85D448
split-complementary
#48CBD4 #D44885 #D49748
monochromatic
#1F7C83 #2AACB4 #48CBD4 #7AD9E0 #ABE7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95
#48CBD4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77
#48CBD4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CBD4
10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48CBD4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48CBD41.001.9510.7710.77
#FFFFFF1.951.0021.0021.00
#00000010.7721.001.001.00
##00000010.7721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BCC2D5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A7B3D5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D3CD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48cbd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 203, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.112 201.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdbe1',
    500: '#48cbd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48cbd4;
$custom-light: #8cdbe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48cbd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.857,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77521,
    "c": 0.11236,
    "h": 201.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48CBD4
secondary
#D9A39F
accent
#4D43E5
background
#F9FDFD
surface
#F2FBFB
border
#CCD4D4
text
#0E1515
muted
#7E8383

Preview Lab

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#48CBD4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva