#48CBD6#48CBD6

#48CBD6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.113 H 203.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CBD6
RGB	rgb(72, 203, 214)
HSL	hsl(185, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(185, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 5.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.41, -31.73, -15.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.41, 35.51, 206.68°)
OKLab	oklab(77.59% -0.1036 -0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(77.59% 0.113 203.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1608, 48.9406, 71.1460)
Luminance	0.4894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CBD6 #D65348

analogous

#48D69A #48CBD6 #4884D6

triadic

#48CBD6 #D648CB #CBD648

tetradic

#48CBD6 #9A48D6 #D65348 #84D648

square

#48CBD6 #9A48D6 #D65348 #84D648

split-complementary

#48CBD6 #D64884 #D69A48

monochromatic

#1E7E86 #29ADB8 #48CBD6 #7AD9E1 #ACE7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#48CBD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#48CBD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CBD6

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CBD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CBD6	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC3D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B3D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cbd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 203, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.113 203.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddbe2',
    500: '#48cbd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cbd6;
$custom-light: #8ddbe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cbd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.648,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77593,
    "c": 0.11264,
    "h": 203.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CBD6

secondary

#DAA4A0

accent

#4E41E6

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CBD6

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

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